Chandigarh: Doctor falls from second-floor, dies

CHANDIGARH: A 55-year-old doctor died after falling from a window of his second-floor house in Sector 16 on Thursday morning.
The police said victim Gopal Kishan Bansal was posted as a doctor at a government hospital in Patran, Patiala.
“He lived with his family at the Sector 16 house. He had recovered from Covid-19 about a month ago. He was sitting on a bed near the window of his room when he fell on the ground around 11.30am. His wife and daughter were in another room at the time. The family along with neighbours took him to GMSH-16, where doctors declared him dead on arrival,” said a cop.
On receiving the information, Sector 17 police and a CFSL team reached the spot and inspected it.
Police said the doctor fell on garden soil and not cemented floor. “If someone wants to commit suicide, he will jump on cemented floor. The exact cause of death will be known after receiving the autopsy report. No suicide note was recovered from the spot,” the cop added.
Police, however, ruled out any foul play during the preliminary investigation and suspected he might have accidentally fallen from the window.
The post-mortem will be conducted at GMSH-16 on Friday.
He is survived by his wife and two children.