India, Feb. 20 -- A 17-year-old boy died after jumping in front of a metro train at Delhi's Uttam Nagar East station on Friday. The boy was taking coaching classes and was said to have been upset over personal issues.

Deputy commissioner of police Kushal Pal Singh said cops received information at 11:07am on Friday that a person had jumped in front of a metro train.

On reaching the spot, police found that the person had jumped on the track from platform 1 of Uttam Nagar East metro station and subsequently got crushed under a train coming from Dwarka.

Initial inquiry into the matter revealed that the boy was taking classes from a coaching centre while studying in Class 12. He was said to be upset over personal issues, police said.

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