Mystery shrouds death of a 28-year-old mechanical engineer, who was found hanging in a ladies’ toilet at Noida Stadium in Sector 21-A on Wednesday.
The deceased, Shashank Yadav, was working in Engineers India limited (EIl) — a PSU under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG) — as senior engineer in purchase department.
Police suspected he committed suicide but did not rule out the possibility of murder.
According to his roommates, Shashank went out of his flat to get milk and other eatables early in the morning. He was under deep pressure owing to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry into a `2,080-crore scam in EIl. He along with three others was appointed by the company to facilitate CBI in the probe in January.
No suicide note was found from the site. However, a carrier bag with several documents related to the enquiry, a cable wire and a knife were found.
EIl has been facing CBI enquiry in two cases of highway tender and Shashank, along with other senior employees, was representing the company before the CBI.
“When Shashank came to his flat around 10 pm on Tuesday, he was very upset but did not share anything. Early in the morning, he went out of the flat. We tried to reach him, but he did not pick up the phone,” said Abhishek Saurabh, a roommate.
Shashank’s father Vinod Yadav, a forest ranger posted in Agra city, alleged that his son was murdered and said that the video footage of Shashank clearly shows that he was killed somewhere and then hanged in the bathroom. He said that the rope cannot carry the weight of the body.
“His knees were proper, eyes were normal and feet were touching the floor of the toilet. His phone was also switched off after 7 am. It is a case of murder,” added Yadav.
Shashank Yadav is a resident of Kanpur and was living in Noida Sector 12. He had completed mechanical engineer from KN Modi Institute in Ghaziabad in 2007 and was posted as a senior engineer in purchase department in EIl since September 2007. He had earlier selected for Bharat Heavy Electricals limited (BHEl) and other public sector undertakings.
A senior official of EIl, requesting anonymity, said that Shashank was a sincere employee and was very honest. It was his hard work that promoted him as a senior employee within seven years in job. He had never discussed other employees about any pressure from the CBI or contractor.