Couple commits suicide by jumping before train, toddler survives

Driven by abject poverty, a young couple allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train while their baby girl survived on the tracks, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place at Hindon city in the wee hours of today in which daily wage earner Dinesh Jatav, 24, and wife Niri, 22 jumped in front of a goods train with their one-and-a-half-year-old baby girl, Hindon-Sadar police said.

The baby, however, escaped unhurt when a goods train passed between Bargama and Sikrota crossings, they said.

Dinesh was living in the town with his wife and daughter in search of a job, and took the extreme step in desperation, police suspected.