MMRDA officer dies after fall from fourth-floor flat in BKC, police look for leads

MUMBAI: An MMRDA employee died after falling from his fourth-floor flat at the officer’s quarters in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) on Friday night. The BKC police did not find a suicide note, and are probing whether he jumped or it was an accidental fall. Kulwendra Singh Kapur (55), director (systems), was appointed to his MMRDA post on July 2, 2019. Before that, he worked for Western Railway. Singh is survived by his wife and 25-year-old son. They were both at the flat when the incident occurred, said a police officer. A case of accidental death has been filed.
A security guard hear a loud thud and found Singh lying in a pool of blood in the building compound. Other MMRDA officers, along with Singh’s wife and son, rushed him to Hinduja Hospital in Mahim, where he was declared brought dead. A post-mortem is being done at Sion Hospital. MMRDA metropolitan commissioner R A Rajeev expressed his condolences.