A staffer of a leading Marathi news channel allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train at Lower Parel station, Government Railway Police said today.
Nitin Shirke, who took the extreme step, was working as sound engineer for the channel, a GRP official said.
Moments before he allegedly committed suicide, in his Facebook post, he held a female colleague "responsible" for his death. In the post, he claimed that he was in love with the female colleague, who "used" him for three years, added the official.
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Last night, Shirke jumped before a train from platform number one of the station, the official said, adding his body has been retrieved and send for post-mortem.
A case of accidental death was registered and a probe was on, he said.
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