A 48-year-old dhaba owner allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train near Mansurpur Railway Station in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday.
The family of the deceased, Shyam Kumar, who identified his body said he was worried due to the shutting down of his dhaba during the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
He allegedly jumped in front of a goods train on Wednesday, police said.
In another incident, a body was found near Rajbaha canal near Pinna village under Kotwali Police Station in the district on Wednesday.
Police said the body has not yet been identified and has been sent for postmortem examination. Further investigation is on, they said.
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