Mystery shrouds death of Gotri property broker

Vadodara: Body of a real-estate broker living in Gotri was found in mysterious condition in his residential building on Saturday morning.
Dilip Desai (53) is believed to have committed suicide by first slitting his wrists and then jumping off the terrace on the fifth floor of the building sometime before 7.30 am on Saturday.
Police said that Desai’s son and daughter-in-law found blood stains and two kitchen knives in the living room following which they checked outside in the building’s lobby.
They found blood-stained handprint in the corridor also and some blood stains in the elevator and on terrace too. “The way the person has died, things seem to be suspicious. However, our primary investigation including forensic probe and interrogation of family members and others did not reveal anything suspicious,” said assistant commissioner of police A V Rajgor.
Police said that there were no signs of somebody intruding into the house, so they questioned Desai’s son and daughter-in-law. “We interrogated husband and wife separately but there was no iota of doubt. The deceased’s wife is quite ill so there is no possibility that she would have taken him on the terrace and pushed him off,” Rajgor added. Desai’s son told police that he was mentally trouble for a past couple of days.
“The son said that the deceased had suspicion that he was suffering from coronavirus and because of him other members of the family will also be affected. They had also met two doctors and we checked the prescription too,” Rajgor said. He added that as of now a case of accidental death has been registered and investigation of call detail records is still on.