Man jumps to death at Sector 16 Metro station

Noida, April 15: Two people in their twenties, including a Delhi resident, allegedly committed suicide in the city on Saturday. While 23-year-old Shakeeb Hassan, an MSc in biotechnology who stayed at the IIT-Delhi campus, jumped off the platform railing at Sector 16 Metro station, Nidhi Chopra (29), a resident of Amritsar, ended her life by jumping off the terrace of a guesthouse in Sector 50. Both were victims of depression, said police sources. The bodies have been sent for autopsy.

Shakeeb, who used to work with a biotech firm in Sector 63 as a sales engineer, had bought a ticket to travel from Sector 16 Metro station to Chandni Chowk around 12pm. He was last seen at the platform talking on his cellphone. Suddenly, he climbed up the railing and jumped onto the road, said witnesses. "When our guards alerted us to the incident we found that Shabeek was gravely injured. We rushed him to Kailash Hospital," said an official of DMRC.

"On Saturday morning around 10am, Shakeeb had gone to consult a psychiatrist at Holy Family Hospital with his elder brother Dr Nabi Hassan - a librarian at IIT-Delhi. After the consultation, Shakeeb told his brother that he was going to work but did not reach his office," said a police official.

Around 12.30pm, DMRC officials informed Shakeeb's colleague and his brother about the incident. Dr Hassan reached the hospital at 1pm. "I had left him just a few hours earlier," said Dr Hassan explaining that his brother was suffering from depression since the last few months and was on medication. "I am shocked that he has taken his own life," he said.

In the second case, 29-year-old Nidhi Chopra allegedly jumped off the second floor terrace of a guesthouse in Sector 50.

"The incident occurred around 6am on Saturday morning," said a cop. "Nidhi, accompanied by her in-laws and her one-month-old baby, had come to attend the wedding of her husband's cousin," said a police official. After attending the ring ceremony on Friday night, the family members went to sleep. The next morning, Nidhi's mother-in-law, Sudha Chopra, woke up to find that her daughter-in-law was missing. She alerted her husband, Ashwinin, who found her sitting on the railing of the terrace. He told telling her to return, but instead Nidhi decided to jump. She was rushed to NMC hospital in Sector 30 but was declared brought dead, said cops.

"Nidhi's father-in-law told us that she was suffering from depression. We have recorded the statement of family members," said a cop.