Ward boy jumps to death from fifth floor of Delhi Hospital

New Delhi: In an unfortunate incident, a 54-year-old ward boy of Jamia Hamdard Hospital in south Delhi allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the window of a fifth-floor washroom on Friday.

The police recovered no suicide note from the scene and an investigation is underway to determine the reason behind taking the extreme step. A case has been registered under section 194 (inquire and report on suicide) of BNSS.

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The incident came to light after the police received information about the incident at 1:21 am on Friday. The deceased man used to work at the hospital as a ward boy and was a resident of the staff quarters at the Jamia Hamdard campus.

He was undergoing treatment at the orthopaedic ward of the hospital after he was admitted on December 23 due to a fracture in his foot. He lived in Delhi alone while his family lives in Odisha, TNIE reports.

However, the man decided to take his life on Friday and suffered a fatal fall from the window of a bathroom on the fifth floor of the hospital. The reason behind the suicide is unknown.

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