Kolkata: Metro train services disrupted as woman kills self

Kolkata: Metro train services were disrupted for a brief period on Saturday night as a woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train at Netaji Bhawan station here, police said.

The woman and her child jumped onto the track when a Kavi Subhash bound train was approaching the Netaji Bhawan station a little after 9 pm, the police said.

The woman died but the child survived with injuries and has been admitted to the city hospital, they said.

The identity of the woman and the cause of suicide was not yet known, the police said adding investigations were on.