TOBA TEK SINGH: A young man allegedly died by suicide on Saturday when he threw himself in front of a moving train at Chak Jhumra after failing to convince his estranged wife, who was living with her parents, to return home.

Rescue 1122 and police sources say that wife of Ehsan (32), a resident of Chak 11-JB, Dholanwal, had moved to her parents house after developing differences with him over some domestic issue.

On Saturday, Ehsan went to his in-laws` house at Shahkot, Sheikhupra, and tried to reconcile with her wife to bring her home.

However, his wife refused to return home, leaving Ehsan dejected, who later threw himself in front of Badar Express train, that was going from Faisalabad to Lahore, near Chak Jhumra fruit and vegetable market.

As a result, Ehsan suffered critical injuries and died instantly.

Meanwhile, during the three Eid holidays, Rescue 1122 teams dealt with 405 road accidents at Faisalabad.

A press release says that five persons died and 491 others were injured in Faisalabad during different acci-dents during the Eid holidays. Out of them, 200 were shifted to different hospitals by Rescue 1122 staff.

Itaddedthatoutof405 road accidents, 321 involved motorcycles, 31 cars and 20 rickshaws.

WOMAN ATTACKED: Faisalabad`s Madina Town police are in search of an unidentified motorcyclist who injured a woman, riding pillion with her husband, using a sharp-edged object and fled away, on Friday night.

As per the FIR,registered on Saturday under section 324 of the PPC, the complainant, Amin Akhtar, an employee of a factory, said he and his wife were going to Faisalabadfrom their village, Chak 200RB, on a motorcycle.

He said that a motorcyclist suddenly appeared from no where near Gatwala and attacked his wife with a sharp-edged object, leaving her seriously injured. He said the biker sped away after the attack.

Police spokesperson says that CPO retired Capt Muhammad Ali Zia has formed a police team headed by SSP operations to trace and arrest the attacker.

He says the CCTV camera footage from the area have been obtained by police to identify and arrestthe attacker.