Bengaluru Metro suicide: Depressed over job issues, man dies after jumping in front of train; commuters demand safety doors
Rajesh Hiremath, 37, died by suicide at Namma Metro's Huskur station on the Yellow Line by jumping in front of a train.
Services between Bommasandra and Electronics City were suspended for over two hours; normal operations resumed at 8pm.
Hiremath, a social media content creator, had depression over job issues and had quit a YouTube channel four months ago.
The incident revived commuters' demand for platform screen doors, but BMRCL has no immediate plans to install them on its 96km network.
BMRCL has proposed platform screen doors for 177 stations under the proposed Hebbal-Sarjapur Metro line.
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