A 41-year-old businessman allegedly committed suicide by slitting his wrist inside his Toyota Corolla vehicle inside the highly secured premises of Pusa Institute on late Wednesday night. Police said they have found a suicide note from the possession of the deceased, which claims that “he took the extreme step of ending his life due to work pressure resulting from demonitisation”
According to a senior police officer, privy to the investigation, the deceased- Hemant Dhall, was allegedly depressed due to demontisation. In a suicide note, recovered from the possession of Dhall, it was mentioned in the suicide note that “I am depressed because I am not able to pay salary to my staff. moreover, I have not been able to earn anything since the demonitisation came into implementation.”
The incident came to light at around 10:30 am on Thursday morning when officials of the Government offices within the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) located on Pusa Road, found the body of a man at an empty spot inside the premises.
Police reached the spot and found that Dhall, who ran an electronic shop in Patel Nagar, had slit his wrist.
According to a police officer, Dhall was currently residing in Gurgaon with his family.
Police sources said prior shifting to Gurgaon, Dhall lived in the Patel Nagar neighbourhood. “Since he knew the area well, he allegedly entered the high security area of the Institute late on Wednesday night.
Police are probing the matter from all angles. A senior police officer said, “Since the area is a high security zone, we are questioning if the guards saw him with someone.”
Meanwhile, Dhall’s body has been sent for post-mortem at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital mortuary.
Police said Dhall’s family has been informed. In the preliminary investigation, it appears that the family of Dhall knew that he was depressed for some time, owing to no work, therefore, they kept a watch over him,”
Dhall’s family too will be questioned in the matter.
Police have registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC (Inquest Proceedings). Further investigation is on.