Mumbai: A 24-year-old student allegedly died by suicide after jumping off a seven -storey building on Tuesday morning in the Nane Pada area of Mulund East.
The deceased has been identified as Neha Dattaram Girap, a first-year MBA student in a Matunga-based college. She had recently completed her BCom from MCC College, Mulund.
The deceased’s father, Dattaram Girap, is a senior police inspector at Mumbai Police’s Gamdevi police station.
As per preliminary reports by the Navghar Police, Mulund, the deceased was battling depression for the past eight months. She had been receiving treatment at Jaslok Hospital. The family informed the police that in the last four days, her condition had worsened.
On the day of the incident, she went to her building terrace and jumped off, confirmed the police, who after receiving the alert, rushed her to Fortis Hospital in Bhandup, where she was declared dead.
The police enquired with her family members and subsequently looked for a suicide note or any evidence. However, nothing was found in her room. A case was registered in this regard and further investigation has been taken up.
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