A youth committed suicide by jumping from a high-rise building in Connaught Place on Thursday. Sadly, his attempt to end his miseries once and for all resulted in critical injuries to a sales representative who was passing by at that very moment.
Identified as Rakesh (23), a resident of Delhi, the young man jumped to end his life and died on the spot but the sales representative, Manoj Singh, sustained grievous injuries as Rakesh fell on top of him. Manoj was rushed to Dr Ram Manohar lohia Hospital and his condition is stated to be highly critical. According to police, the incident took place on Thursday afternoon around 12.30 pm when Rakesh jumped from the top floor of the Delhi Cloth Mills building on Barakhamba Road.
A suicide note was recovered from Rakesh’s pocket in which he said that he could not get a job despite repeated attempts and that his education was of no use.
“In the suicide note he mentioned that he was living alone and being jobless haunted him since he could not take care of himself. He had written his brother and father’s phone numbers in the letter and they have been informed,” said a police official.
Talking about Manoj, who works in a private firm, the official said: “It was unfortunate that he was passing under the building at that time. He has sustained critical injuries.”
In another incident reported from West Delhi’s Janakpuri area, a 26-year-old married woman, who was trying to commit suicide by jumping from the 11th floor of the West End Mall, was rescued by two security guards.
The woman, who resides in the Tihar Village area, was apparently depressed as she could not conceive. The incident occurred on Monday at around 2:30 pm.
Ram Kishore, security guard deployed on the 11th floor saw the woman trying to jump off the building and immediately ran towards her and caught hold of her hand.
He held on to her until Rupesh Kumar Singh, another guard reached them and helped save the woman.
“Both the security guards have been rewarded with Rs 5,000 each by Joint Commissioner of Police (South Western Range) Tejinder luthra for their sincerity, displaying presence of mind and for their prompt response that saved the woman’s life,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Ranvir Singh.