A paramedical staff member of a private hospital in Bawana was on Sunday found dead under mysterious circumstances in his room on the third floor. Police said the man had an injury mark on his forehead and a syringe was found beside the body. Police suspect death by drug overdose, senior officers said.
The deceased was identified as 23-year-old Mandeep, who was employed as an Operation Theatre assistant in Mangalam Hospital. It was early morning on Sunday that he was found lying unconscious inside his room on the 3rd floor. He was rushed to the emergency of the hospital where he was declared dead.
DCP Rohini, Rajneesh Gupta said around 9 am, the door of his room at 3rd floor was broken. “He was found dead on the floor. One syringe was found in the room and an injury mark on the head likely due to collision with a wall. The matter is further being probed and post mortem is being conducted,” he said adding that it is suspected to be an incident of drug overdose.
Surprisingly, in a similar incident reported just two months ago, on January 17 this year, a 25-year-old doctor, a native of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his rented accommodation in east Delhi’s Dilshad Garden. In this case also a syringe was found next to the body.