A 28-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide on Monday after jumping from the terrace of a building in East Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar area.
The deceases identified as Ankita is a resident of New Ashok Nagar. According to Jasmeet Singh, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East district, police received information regarding the incident in Eastern Apartment of New Ashok Nagar area around 1.45 pm following which a team was dispatched for the spot.
“After reaching the spot, police found the body of woman in pool of blood. She was rushed to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital where she was declared brought dead,” the DCP said.
“Her postmortem will be conducted on Tuesday. During investigation, it was revealed that Ankita got married on April 21 with Mukesh Pandey, a resident of New Ashok Nagar,” said the DCP.
However, the family of the woman said that she was bit depressed as she got married late. “So far investigation has revealed that there was no issue between Ankita and her husband,” a senior police officer said.
The police official privy to investigation said that on Monday afternoon, she called her mother and told her that she was the reason due to which her family was suffering and she is going to end her life for the betterment of her family members.
“Thereafter, she went to a nearby building and jumped from its terrace in the afternoon,” he said.
“Ankita’s mother informed her husband and son about the call and they came to search for her. Her father came to spot and identified the body as his 28-year-old daughter,” said the police official.
“During investigation, her father said that she was depressed and was under medication. From past couple of months, she stopped taking medicines,” said the police official adding that the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) has been informed for further enquiry.