A 36-year-old man was found dead in his bathroom at Pocket-4 of Mayur Vihar phase- III. The deceased has been identified as Sanjay Pillai, who used to work for an online media firm in Noida.
According to his neigbours, Sanjay was a recluse and he was not seen for the last two-three days after it was rumored that Sanjay was HIV positive. The body was found after his neighbours complained of foul smell and a PCR call was made around 10 pm on Thursday. A police team reached the spot and found the body on the toilet seat of the bathroom in a swollen condition. The body was taken to lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital. Till afternoon, post-mortem had not been conducted as no relatives had come to claim the body.
According to his landlord HN Dwivedi, “Sanjay belonged to Kerala and had shifted at his place two months ago. Earlier he lived at Pocket 2 of Mayur Vihar Phase-III. He also said that the door was not locked from inside when we found the body and a cycle rickshaw puller Kamlesh used to serve him tiffin and groceries.” “Kamlesh had introduced him to Sanjay,” Dwivedi added.
On further enquiry Kamlesh said, “I haven’t met Sanjay since Tuesday. I used to drop him at his office at Noida Film City but he had not been going to office since the last three months.”
His previous house owner told police that Sanjay was an HIV positive and was used to remain confined in his flat. His mother is expected to reach the Capital by Friday night and the autopsy of the body would be conducted then. “No documents of his medical history were recovered from the house. The cause of death would be ascertained only after the post-mortem report is out,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Ajay Kumar.