LUCKNOW, April 19 -- A 30-year-old groom allegedly died by suicide by jumping in front of a train in Amethi's Gauriganj city while his wedding procession was moving from Salon, Rae Bareli, to Ghosi in Mau district on Friday evening, police said on Saturday.

Shocked by the incident, family members of the deceased are said to be unaware as to why he took the drastic step. "We don't know what prompted him to get out of the car and jump in front of the train," the elder brother of the deceased told police after the body was discovered near Gauriganj railway station at around 7.30pm on Friday.

As per reports, railway pointsman Chandan Kumar first spotted the body alongside the railway track and informed Gauriganj station master Sanjay Kumar,...