Bhopal

PNB chief manager falls from office building, dies

Staff Reporter

Chief Manager of Punjab National Bank (PNB) Sanjay Kumar Shrivastava died after falling from second floor of his office building on Wednesday. Police sources said that 50-year-old Shrivastava had shifted to the Arera Hills branch of the bank only some time back and was looking after works related to IT. On Wednesday, at around 2 pm, he fell down from second floor near staircase railing.

He was immediately rushed to National hospital, where he was declared brought dead. As nobody was around, Shrivastava was taken to hospital after a lot of delay. Doctors told that the victim had sustained serious head injury and excessive bleeding had resulted in the death. The investigation conducted so far suggested that Shrivastava fell down accidentally. On Wednesday, after reaching the office, he looked quite normal and remained in the office till 1.30 pm.

later, while talking on mobile phone he went out of the office, as most of the time, the mobile signals were weak there. When he left the office, his desktop was switched on and other belongings were also there. Shrivastava lived in Chuna bhatti locality and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Police said that the statements of the staff members and family members of Shrivastava would be recorded to find out the exact cause of the incident. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and started investigation.