A 31-year-old differently-abled man allegedly committed suicide near India Gate in the heart of the national Capital. The body of the man, identified as Sheshnath (31), was found hanging from a tree with his legs in the pond water at the India Gate lawns at around 7 am here on Monday. The incident came to light when the body was spotted by passersby, who then informed police.
It is suspected that Sheshnath committed suicide on Sunday night. The incident has raised questions over police patrolling in the high-security zone. He was identified by an ID card found on him. He seems to be partially handicapped. The body has been sent for post-mortem, which would reveal the exact time of death.
“We have recovered a suicide note from him where he mentions that he was having an affair with a girl and something had gone awry in the relationship. He was disturbed over this, which prompted him to take the extreme step,” DCP (New Delhi) Vijay Singh. He lived with his family in West Delhi’s Nangloi area. They have been informed about the incident, he added. Police is questioning his family and friends to zero in on the exact circumstances, which led him to take the extreme step.
Security has been beefed up in the national Capital as the Delhi Police was alerted about a possible fidayeen strike in the city by banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror group after the Central security agencies had recovered a note from one of the militants killed in Samba attack in Jammu & Kashmir last month.