Bengaluru, 4 Oct

Services on the Green Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru were briefly disrupted on Saturday after a male passenger jumped onto the tracks at Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Metro Station, officials said.

According to the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), the incident occurred at around 3.17pm when a train was heading towards Madavara. The passenger was rescued immediately and taken to the hospital for treatment.

Normal operations were restored by 3.47 pm.

During the 30-minute disruption, trains operated only between Madavara and Rajajinagar, and between National College and Silk Institute stations, the BMRCL said in a statement.

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