Sushmita Singh, 30, principal of a Varanasi nursing college, died by suicide by jumping in front of a train. Police are investigating her mobile phone records to determine the circumstances surrounding her death.

Varanasi: A 30-year-old principal, Sushmita Singh, of a nursing college in Varanasi ended her life by jumping in front of a moving train near the Tarna overbridge on Monday evening. It is unclear what led her to take the extreme step.

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The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrived at the scene, and sent the body for post-mortem. The police have seized Sushmita's two mobile phones and are examining her call details and chats to uncover any clues that might explain her actions.

Sushmita lived with her eight-year-old daughter in the Shivpur area of Varanasi. Her husband, Saurabh Singh, works as a chemist in Sikkim. The family's relatives reside in Azamgarh and Jaunpur districts.

Local residents reported that Sushmita was talking on her mobile phone around 6 pm when she reached the railway tracks. As the train approached, she suddenly jumped in front of it, sustaining severe injuries. The police rushed her to a nearby private hospital, where she was declared dead.

The police are trying to determine the circumstances that led to Sushmita's tragic decision as a police official said the matter will become clear only after the post-mortem report and mobile data investigation.