Woman falls from Unity Building, dies

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru:

Expressing suspicion over the death of a 40-year-old senior manager of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in the city, SJ Park police said that investigation is underway to ascertain whether it was indeed a case of suicide. The senior official, identified as Aparna Kumari, died after she fell from the third floor of the Unity Building around 7 pm on Thursday in Bengaluru.

As per an eyewitness to the incident, Prem, the woman allegedly opened the window of the building and tried to jump out when a staff member tried to stop her. He could hold onto the woman by her arm for a minute or so. However, he lost his grip shortly and the woman fell to her death. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru Central, Srinivas Gowda, said that the woman could have been suffering from depression.

It was also revealed that recently she had received orders to be transferred to Odisha from Bengaluru. The SJ Park police visited the spot and conducted an investigation. Sources from police said that the cops have recovered a diary and a threepage note allegedly written by Kumari. Her mobile phone has also been seized, and the police have recorded the statement of some of her colleagues.