New Delhi:

The Delhi Police has arrested a man for allegedly painting a graffito at Mandi House Metro Station, an official said on Saturday.

Rajiv Kumar Singh, a fine arts student, was charged under sections 3 of the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act (DPDP), 72 of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Act (DMRC), and other section of the BNS, police in a statement said.

On January 23, at around 10 pm a CCTV captured Singh writing “PM EARTHWORMS ARE BETTER THAN YOU POPA” on a metro station wall with a black sketch pen, it read.

“Acting swiftly, a joint police team, led by DCP Metro Hareshwar Swami reviewed nearby CCTV footage to trace the suspect. Singh was identified and apprehended from Uttar Pradesh,” the statement read.

During interrogation, Singh confessed to have committed the act and said he was inspired by a poem on earthworms he had read earlier that day. He revealed a history of drawing graffiti and using “POPA” as his signature.

Singh, a graduate of Jamia Millia Islamia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, is currently employed as a school teacher in Wazirabad in Delhi, police said. 

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New Delhi,:

A 53-year-old woman was critically injured as she jumped in front of a moving metro train at Pitampura station here on Friday afternoon, officials said.

Services on the Delhi Metro’s Red Line were delayed briefly due to the incident.

The Red Line connects Rithala in Delhi to Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

The metro police received a call at 2.23 pm about a woman jumping in front of a train at the Pitampura Metro Station, an officer said.

The critically injured woman was shifted to BSA hospital in Rohini by the metro staff. A team of police personnel reached the hospital and found her right hand got amputated in the incident, the officer said.

The woman is undergoing treatment at the hospital, the officer said adding that her family members have been informed and further probe into the matter is underway.

A senior DMRC official said around 2:30 pm, there was a delay of 15 to 20 minutes due to a person on the track at Pitampura Metro Station on the Red Line.

Normal services were resumed after the person was removed from the track, the officer added.

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New Delhi:

A 68-year-old man allegedly died by suicide on Thursday by jumping before a train at the Kashmere Gate metro station on the Red Line, officials said.

A senior police officer said the man has been identified as Sunil Gupta, a resident of Chawari Bazar.

The officer said that according to the victim’s brother, Gupta was suffering from tuberculosis for the past few years and had already spent more than Rs 6 lakh on his treatment.

According to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), services on the Red Line — which connects Rithala in Delhi to Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh — were affected for a while.

“Delay in services between Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) and Rithala due to passenger on track at Kashmere Gate Metro Station. Normal service on all other lines,” the DMRC said in a post on X at 12.04 pm.

Five minutes later, the DMRC said normal services resumed on the line.

Police said they have also recovered a suicide note. The body has been sent for an autopsy.

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