A 27-year-old Mumbai Metro train driver allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence, apparently due to financial problems, a police official said on Tuesday. Parvesh Kale hanged himself from a ceiling fan at his residence at Asalpha in suburban Sakinaka on late Friday night, he said.

When Kale's family members found him hanging, they immediately informed the local police and took him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead on arrival, said the official from the Sakinaka police station. Kale's father was on the ground floor of the residence, while his ailing mother was admitted in hospital at the time of the incident, he said.