50-year-old commits suicide by jumping from District Centre bldg

New Delhi, June 28 (UNI) In the seventh such incident this year at the Janakpuri District Centre in West Delhi, a 50-year-old man allegedly jumped to death from one of the multi-storey towers there.

Ramesh Kohli, a technical assistant at the Pusa Agricultural Institute's National Physical Laboratory, jumped from a gap of a staircase between the third and fourth floor of the DDA Tower at the District Centre at about 0830 hrs, said a police official.

Undergoing treatment for depression for the last several months, Kohli, a resident of Pratap Nagar in Hari Nagar, was under severe depression for the last few days, said sources.

Details about Kohli were known through his son's card found in his pocket.

Kohli is the seventh person who committed suicide from the Janakpuri District Centre this year.

On June 10, a 26-year-old woman jumped from the eighth floor of Jaina Towers there.

UNI