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.