Jamshedpur, Jan 12: A youth jumped into Kharkai river from Adityapur toll bridge under Kadma this afternoon. The youth was identified as Ashish Kumar, a resident of Kanchan Nagar in Burmamines thana area. The youth who was in his early twenties parked his bike along the road-bridge and climbed on to the railing of the bridge and jumped. Sub-inspector Chandra Shekhar of Kadma said while starting the probe into the case they waited for half-an-hour for the youth to return to his bike, but when no one turned up for claiming it (the bike) the police believed what the passer-by had informed them. Chandra Shekhar said they had subsequently tried to locate the body by taking help of local divers in the river while at the same time they informed the family members of the youth in question. “We are probing as to what led him to commit suicide. We established the youth’s identity and whereabouts through the registration number of the bike and then only we informed his parents who are at the spot” the police officer stated.�On Tuesday afternoon a 24-year-old youth had jumped into Kharkai river from Kharkai bridge, located about three kms away from the Adityapur toll bridge. Notably, the cases of jumping into Subernarekha river from Jaiprakash Narayan Setu also known as Mango bridge had become regular, making it to be known as a suicide point.� The local administration and civic body Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) had covered the bridge’s railing with steel net.� As a result of there was a steady decline in the number of suicidal attempt from the bridge.
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