A man died after jumping from the Parama flyover on EM Bypass in east Kolkata on Sunday evening.
The man, who was a driver in the car pool of the state transport department, jumped off the flyover from the Garia-bound flank around 8.30pm, police said.
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He fell around 40ft below, not far from Pragati Maidan police station. He was declared dead at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital.
He was identified as Jhantu Kumar Das, a resident of Raja Manindra Road in Belgachhia, from his office identity card.
Das was driving a government vehicle, which he left on the flyover before jumping, the police said.