Woman falls to death from third floor in Janakpuri, police claim suicide

A 32-year-old woman died after allegedly falling down from the third floor of a building in west Delhi’s Janakpuri on Saturday afternoon. Police said the woman may

A 32-year-old woman died after allegedly falling down from the third floor of a building in west Delhi’s Janakpuri on Saturday afternoon. Police said the woman may have killed herself by jumping off the building.

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A two-page resume was found near the woman’s body, suggesting that she had come to attend a job interview, either in the building or at a nearby office, the police said.

Deputy commissioner of police (west) Deepak Purohit said that the police control room received a call at 1.06 pm and the caller informed that a woman had fallen from an upper floor of a building.

A police team reached there and found the woman lying unconscious and bleeding on the first floor of the building. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead. The woman’s identity was established and her family was informed. Her body was preserved in a government hospital’s mortuary, the DCP said.

“Prime facie, it appears that she had fallen from the third floor. Further probe in on,” said DCP Purohit.

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