SURAT: A 33-year-old man allegedly took his own life by jumping off eleven floors of an under construction building at Pal on Tuesday morning.
Before committing suicide, deceased Paras Khanna, 33, a resident of Kalapi residency in Adajan and an automobile dealer, circulated his photograph among friends on social media with ‘Om Shanti, Rest in Peace’ caption. Police said that post-lockdown business in the second-hand car market was zilch and the deceased was allegedly under tremendous financial stress.
On the other hand, cops also said that Khanna had shared a strained relationship with his wife over personal issues, which too may have prompted him to jump off the under-construction high-rise residential apartment located opposed the RTO office at Pal.
The deceased had gone missing from his house after a verbal spat with his wife late on Monday night, police said.
Sources said that family members contacted a few of his friends after he left the house in a huff on Monday night as his mobile phone was out of network coverage. His friends searched the entire Adajan area even amid the night curfew but could not locate him. Early on Tuesday morning, his body was found from the under-construction site.
“A case of suicide has been registered and we are properly investigating the crime scene at the under-construction building where the body was found. Investigations are on,” said a police officer.