A 40-year-old Nigerian national died after he jumped off the fourth floor of a building in south Delhi’s Chhattarpur area on Friday, during a raid by police which recovered drugs worth Rs 20 crore, police said.
Identified as Cyprian Ama Ogbonnaya jumped off the fourth floor of the building in Chhattarpur Enclave area on Friday afternoon when a team of Special Cell of south range raided the house after it received an input that drug would be supplied in the area, a senior police official said.
“Acting on an information regarding a drug deal, a team of Special Cell raided a house in Chhatarpur Enclave area and recovered 25 kg of Contraband named Ketamine worth Rs 20 crores (approx) in International Market. One man and two female (all three African nationals) were present there. The man and one woman tried to jump the window of fourth floor in order to escape. Though the woman was caught but the male succeeded to jump”, police said.
“The team was questioning some locals, when Ogbonnaya suspecting police presence in the building jumped off from his fourth floor flat through a window, which was witnessed by many people who were present in the building premises. He was rushed to AIIMS TRUMA centre where he was declared dead. Both the African women accused have been arrested under NDPS Act”, the Delhi Police said in a statement.
An inquest has been ordered into his death and a medical report by the doctors to ascertain the exact cause of death is awaited, said a police official of South district.
He said that two Nigerian women, who were also present in the flat, from where Ogbonnaya jumped off, are being questioned by the Special Cell. During the raid, 25 kg of Ketamine was recovered that is estimated to be worth Rs 20 crore, he added.
Ketamine is sold popularly as Ketalar for anaesthetic purposes is also consumed by drug users for its trance inducing effect.