LUCKNOW, Dec. 29 -- A 26-year-old man died on Monday morning after allegedly jumping in front of a moving train in the Gomti Nagar Extension area, police said. The incident took place near the Husadiya crossing under Shaheed Path.

According to police, the deceased's brother said that the youth had an argument with a friend earlier in the day and later called him to discuss the altercation. "He was asked to return home but did not. Shortly afterwards, we received information that a man had jumped in front of a train at the crossing," the brother told police.

People at the scene, with the assistance of police, rushed him to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, where doctors declared him dead.

Eyewitnesses told police that...