7 September 2005
Mirror
By Stephanie Busari
DISTRAUGHT father Manjit Sidhu last night paid tribute to his wife and children who died when they leapt in front of a train - saying he would "miss them forever".
"I am trying to cope with the tragic loss of my family whom I love so dearly. I miss them immensely and am in a lot of pain," Manjit, 31, said.
"To my darling wife and kids, all I can say is that I love you with all my heart and one day we will be together forever."
His heartbreaking comments came as British Transport Police released CCTV footage from Southall station, West London, taken last Wednesday.
In it mum Navjeet Sidhu calmly pushes her toddler son in a buggy as her five-year-old girl innocently walks alongside. Minutes later she and daughter Simran were dead... killed instantly when depressed Navjeet threw herself and the children in the path of the 100mph Heathrow Express.
The boy, 23-month-old Aman, survived the impact but died soon after in hospital.
A security guard had confronted Navjeet, 27, about being too close to the track two hours earlier, but she told him: "I'm taking my children to see the fast trains."
Her postman husband raced to the station when she phoned him to say she was going "far, far away". After parking his car nearby, he arrived to find his critically-injured son on the line.
A small bunch of purple and white carnations left at the scene carry a poignant message from Manjit: "I love you all and will miss you all forever.
"My life will never be the same without you all. Thank you for the love, laughter and happiness you all brought to my life."
Navjeet, who friends claim was four months pregnant, looked relaxed on an outing to Skegness two weeks ago. But worshippers at Sikh temples near their terraced home in the area also said she had been arguing with her mother-in-law. The former receptionist's marriage to Manjit was arranged when she was aged 20.
A British Transport Police spokesman said yesterday: "CCTV does not cover Platform 1 at the station where the tragedy took place and police have not yet been able to speak to any witnesses who saw Navjeet."
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I'm glad I stopped and be wrong rather that than not. However I also know that if a person wants to commit suicide they will do it no matter what. If they really are genuine about it nothing or no one will stop them. (This was from a suicide note read at a funeral of someone I know recently recently 
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They always tell somebody. Almost always. My brother told and nobody listened, I wish someone had stopped the car for him!