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Sunjay Chawla,aged around 56 years,wheatish in body colour as is found in most of south Asian population,wearing +2.00 eye glasses, just short of putting himself in overweight category was working as Senior Manager, portfolio management, with M/S. GLD Finance Ltd. He was looking after the portfolio management of the customers of the company having value of less than rupees ten lacs. He was handling fifty such account holders. As Sunjay was an old hand at the company,all his clients were well known to him and vice-versa. He was loved by all and sundry for his abilities to invest in stock markets. He always surpassed the target set by the company to benefit the portfolio clients by making smart moves in the stock market. He was expecting a promotion and a big jump in his pay cheque. It was a routine day on 10.10.2010 in M/S. GLD Finance Ltd. and Sunjay was preparing to leave the office after a hectic and volatile trading sessions on National Stock Exchange of India. He was residing at Palwal, an NCR(National Capital Region) town, situated at a distance of 60kms. from Karol Bagh, New Delhi where his office was situated. He was a daily passenger since 1985 and was going to New Delhi railway station for taking the local EMU train. He hired an autorickshaw for the station and reached there at 5pm. As his train was to depart at 6.10pm, he decided to take rest on platform no.1. He located an empty bench and sat there. He felt some uneasiness and sweating. He took it due to hectic and busy schedule of office today. He took out a water bottle from his bag and gulped down lot of water. Still, he felt not well. He unlaced and took out his shoes and socks also. He made himself comfortable by sitting crosslegged on the bench. He closed his eyes and put his head on the back of the bench.