SURAT: A 55-year-old civil engineer was found dead in the basement parking of an under-construction luxurious residential apartment on Vesu Canal Road on Saturday.
Family members and colleagues of the deceased, Anil Vasoya, alleged that he fell into the parking space during a raid by the Goods and Service Tax (GST) department team at the project Cellestial Dream. His body was discovered at around 4pm by his colleagues.
His brother Ramesh, who lodged a complaint with Khatodara police, said that Vasoya might have fallen sometime around 11am when the raid was being conducted. It is suspected that he was on first floor of the two-storey basement.
“I got to know that my brother had attended the last call at 11am and around the same time, GST team had raided the project. His colleagues were also discussing that he might have fallen during the same time,” Ramesh told TOI.
Ramesh said there was no lighting in the basement and it was possible that his brother hit the parapet and suffered serious head injuries.
Preliminary postmortem revealed multiple injuries on his body and a forensic autopsy is also bein done to ascertain the exact cause. Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team will also examine the spot where the incident happened.
Vasoya family is from Upleta in Rajkot district and he survived by two children and wife.
Ramesh, an engineer in Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (DGVCL), also alleged that his brother did not get immediate treatment that could have saved his life.
“Since he was not answering the calls, colleagues initially thought that GST officials may have detained him for questioning,” he said.