The reason for the suicide is not yet known.Mumbai: A shocking video of a man jumping in front of a moving train along with a child is going viral on social media. Mumbai based publication Free Press Journal tweeted the videos this evening saying the two people were a father and his six-year-old son and the incident occurred at the Vithalwadi railway station in the Thane district of Mumbai.In the CCTV footage, the man can be seen holding the child even as he tries to break free and flee. The man then jumps, pulling the child along with him. He can be seen being dragged on the railway track under the moving train but the child is not visible. Watch video: #Father jumps before train with a 6-year-old son at #Vithalwadi#railway station#Mumbai#Kalyan#Thane#Newspic.twitter.com/dCI1qmF2jg— Free Press Journal (@fpjindia) February 17, 2022Reports say that the child escaped unharmed “without a scratch” but the man’s body was cut into pieces. The child had slipped off from his father’s hand and fell on the side of the track.The man’s name was Pramod Andhale and he was a resident of the Shantinagar area of Ulhasnagar in Thane district, reports suggest. He was a bus driver with BEST.He reportedly reached the Vitthalwadi station at around 6 in the evening with his 6-year-old son Swaraj and jumped in front of the Mumbai-bound Deccan Express. The reason for the suicide is not yet known.
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