A 50-year-old man died after falling from the 20th floor of Le Méridien in New Delhi’s Connaught Place on Sunday afternoon, police said. While no suicide note has been recovered, officers said the incident is being probed as a case of suicide.
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According to the police, a PCR call reporting the incident was received around 12: 40 pm on Sunday, following which the man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead.
Authorities have ruled out any immediate suspicion of foul play, police said. No complaint has been lodged by the family and suspicion has not been expressed against anyone so far, an officer added.
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Police said the man was undergoing depression and was taking prescribed medication for the same. The deceased was a property dealer living in South Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar. Family members told the police that the man was also under financial stress due to problems in his business.
Investigators said the man had visited the hotel earlier during the Christmas period and had stayed at Le Meridien between December 25 and 26. Police said on Sunday, he was reportedly present at a restaurant located on the 20th floor of the hotel, from where he is believed to have jumped through an open area.
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Police have begun reviewing CCTV footage from the hotel premises to trace the man’s movements prior to the incident. Call detail records and the deceased’s mobile phone are also being examined as part of the probe, officers said.
“Access to certain floors of the hotel require special key cards. However, one could enter the 20th floor without any key card and that may explain his presence on that floor,” an officer said.
He is survived by his wife. Police said the couple did not have children and that his parents were no longer alive.