Bengaluru, Dec. 6 -- Metro operations on the Purple Line were briefly suspended on Friday morning after a 38-year-old man died by suicide at Kengeri station, police officers aware of the matter said.

According to police, the deceased, who was from Vijayapura district, alllegedly jumped onto the tracks around 8am as a train from Challaghatta was entering the platform. The operator was unable to stop, and services between Mysuru Road and Challaghatta were halted immediately.

He was identified through an Aadhaar card found at the scene, and his body was taken to Victoria Hospital for a post mortem.

""The incident occurred at around 8.15 and the Metro service was halted till 9.40. We have registered a case of unnatural death and launched a...