Couple Dies After Being Hit By Train In Delhi, Suicide Suspected: Police

New Delhi: A 23-year-old man and a woman died after a train hit them between Okhla and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway stations here, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an officer said on Monday.According to the Railway Police, they received information about the incident via a railway memo at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station police station in southeast Delhi at 8:47 pm on Sunday. A police team rushed to the spot."On reaching the railway tracks between Okhla and Hazrat Nizamuddin stations, police found the bodies of a man and a 20-year-old woman lying on the tracks. A female police officer and the crime team were also called to the scene, and the spot was inspected," a senior police officer of the railway unit said.During the search, police recovered an Aadhaar card from the man's pocket, which established his identity. He was identified as Sagar (23), a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district.The woman was subsequently identified as Shivani (20), a resident of Bulandshahr.Police said the bodies were shifted to the mortuary at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital for post-mortem, and their family members have been informed.The officer said preliminary investigation suggests that the couple died by suicide after jumping in front of a moving train. However, police are verifying the exact circumstances leading to the incident.Police said further investigation is underway.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)