A 33-year-old, working as maintenance fitter with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), who was missing since March 22 was found dead at Metro Bhawan on Monday. Police suspects that the man was in depression due to matrimonial dispute and ended his life.
The deceased has been identified as Mahesh Prajapati, a native of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and was presently living in Delhi’s Govindpuri area.
According to Madhur Verma, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), New Delhi district, a police control room (PCR) call was received on Monday morning from a security guard regarding a body lying in the basement, following which a team was dispatched for the spot.
“During initial investigation it was revealed that Mahesh committed suicide by jumping from substantial height and fell on the basement floor. There was no suicide note found from the body,” said the DCP.
“According to CCTV footage of Mtero Bhawan, Prajapati was last seen on March 22 moving towards the stairs on the seventh floor of Metro Bhawan. A missing person report was filed in Barakhamba Road police station on the next day,” said the DCP.
“Prajapati got married to Priya Verma on December 15 last year and both were having a matrimonial dispute ever since they tied the knot. His wife left him exactly a month after they tied the knot,” said the DCP.
“Proceedings under section 174 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have been initiated. The body has been sent for autopsy. Police has informed the family. Further investigation is going on,” said the police official privy to investigation.
A DMRC spokesperson said Prajapati worked as a maintenance fitter since 2017 and was found dead in the basement near the stairs which connect all floors of the DMRC corporate office at Metro Bhawan on Monday morning.
The matter was immediately reported to the police and body was taken by them for postmortem, the DMRC official said adding the crime team of the police has visited the spot and matter is being further investigated.
“It appears that the incident may have taken place on the evening of Friday when the office was closing for the weekend. The office reopened today (Monday) morning and the body was noticed.
DMRC is taking up the matter with the security agency responsible for the security of the Metro Bhawan as to how they could not detect the body earlier and to ensure that all areas are properly sanitized in future,” said the spokesperson.
