In a major security breach, a 22-year-old man shot himself inside Rajiv Chowk metro station on Thursday night. He is admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital with a bullet injury to his shoulder.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Metro) Jitendra Mani said that some passengers revealed that the man boarded the metro from Chandni Chowk station. If these claims by the passengers are found to be true, it could effectively mean that the man sneaked in a pistol inside the metro train. The man has been identified as Shibesh, a native of Fatehpur Sikri in Uttar Pradesh. Initial probe revealed that he was headed to a private hospital in the city where his father is admitted.
“He suddenly shot himself near gate number three inside Rajiv Chowk metro station around 9.30 p.m. Security personnel rushed him to a hospital,” said Central Industrial Security Force PRO Hemendra Singh.
The incident led to panic among the passengers, but the situation was normalised soon, Mr. Singh added.
Shibesh made no attempts to shoot anyone else, the police have claimed. They are scanning the CCTV footage of the two metro stations to ascertain the exact sequence of events.
No suicide note was recovered from Shibesh’s possession till the time of filing this report.
According to some passengers, Shibesh boarded the metro from Chandni Chowk station
