New Delhi: "His friends told us that he was depressed after he was reportedly fired from his job as a salesman in a Lajpat Nagar showroom. He had even told them that he was going to commit suicide but did not reveal the spot," a police officer reportedly said.
Some people reportedly saw him jumping off the flyover and called police and the fire department.
The incident caused long traffic jams which spread till Maharani Bagh, Ashram Chowk and Sarai Kale Khan.
In an alleged suicide bid, a young man jumped from the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyover in the Yamuna river, bringing traffic on the busy route to a grinding halt on Monday afternoon.
The 19-year-old youth resides at a JJ Colony in Taimoor Nagar village.
Two fire tenders and several divers were pressed into search and rescue operations after the man allegedly jumped from the flyover around 3:45 pm on Monday. He, however, remained untraceable till reports last came in.
Some people reportedly saw him jumping off the flyover and called police and the fire department.
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