20-­year-­old kills self in Anand Vihar mall, no suicide note recovered

NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide on Thursday evening by jumping down from the third floor balcony of a shopping mall. The incident was

NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide on Thursday evening by jumping down from the third floor balcony of a shopping mall. The incident was reported from east Delhi’s Anand Vihar. Police have recovered a plastic bag containing a packet of rat kill poison and Rs 5 in coins from the victim’s possession.

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The identity of the woman could not be established till late in the night. The police could not also ascertain the reason behind the woman taking the extreme step as no suicide note was found either from her possession or from the incident site.

A senior police officer said that the incident took place around 7.30pm at Cross River Shopping Mall located near the Karkardooma Courts. Eyewitnesses told police that the woman was standing on the third floor balcony of the mall’s building. Suddenly, she climbed onto the railing and jumped down. She landed on her head on the concrete floor below and started bleeding profusely.

Some visitors at the mall raised an alarm and informed the police control room. A police team arrived at the spot and rushed the woman to Hedgewar hospital, where she was pronounced dead.