A 50 year-old Senior Accountant committed suicide by jumping from his office building at Sector-17, on Friday. No suicide note was found from the spot, said police. Gulab Singh, a senior accountant at India's topmost audit institution Accountant General (AG) in Punjab, jumped from the office building. He was residing here at Sector-41, with his family.
The incident took place in the wee hours, when office employees found Gulab Singh lying in a pool of blood at the building roadside. The employees then informed local police about the incident and a police team rushed him to Sector-16 Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH), where he was declared brought dead. No suicide note was found from the spot, said Guriqbal Singh, ASP Chandigarh police.
Colleagues of the deceased have claimed that Singh was a very cheerful person and he had not been under any depression. His son said that Singh had been suffering with depression since past few months. “My father had been under depression on some office issues. He also shared it with us several times. He had told us that some very important files were being stolen from his counter in the office. He also requested his senior officials to investigate into the matter, but no action was taken by them,” said Gopal, son of the deceased. Due to his depression, he was also getting treatment, added Gopal.