A thief, who had stolen a mobile phone, died after he accidentally fell down from the fourth floor of the residential building in East Delhi's Shakarpur area on late Monday night. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Deepak, a resident of Shastri Nagar.
A senior police officer said they received information about falling of a man from a building no 632 in Gururam Dass Nagar area of Shakarpur on Monday night.
“A team reached the spot and found a man bleeding profusely. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said the senior police officer.
The officer said, “On further enquiry, we found that the deceased was a thief. One Amit Kumar, who lives on the fourth floor of the building reported that he was the first person to help the deceased. His neighbours raised an alarm and he rushed to the man. On trying to check through his pockets to find a phone to contact the family of the injured man, Amit found that the man had stolen his phone."
Police said that they have informed the family members of Deepak and have preserved his body for post mortem.