A 26-year-old man allegedly committed suicide after jumping from the terrace of his office building in South West Delhi’s RK Puram on Thursday.
The victim has been identified as Abhijeet Singh, a resident of Tara Nagar, Dwarka and used to work as a probationary officer at Vijaya Bank in Bhikaji Cama Place, RK Puram.
According to a senior police official, a police control room (PCR) call regarding the incident was received around 3 pm following which an Emergency Response Vehicle was rushed to the spot.
“On spot, the police team found a man lying on the road. He was severely injured after the fall and was taken to the AIIMS trauma centre where the doctors declared him dead,” said the senior police official.
“During initial investigation, it was revealed that the incident occurred at office lunch time around 2.30 pm.
A company guards saw Abhijeet walking on the terrace and climbing the boundary wall. Police have also found a CCTV footage near the area which shows Singh was walking near the boundary wall of the terrace. Singh jumped before the guard could stop him,” said the senior police official.
“A postmortem was conducted on Friday and the body was handed over to the family. The victim was alone at the terrace and no foul play is suspected so far,” said the senior police official adding that a case has been registered under section 174 (investigation under unnatural death) of CrPC.