Mumbai man jumps off hotel: In a strange incident, a 59-year-old man undergoing treatment for a mental illness jumped to death from the 9th floor of a 5-star hotel in Central Mumbai's Lower Parel area on Sunday. A case of accidental death has been registered in NM Joshi Marg police station.
Sorab Pesi Khandalawala leapt to his death at around 1 pm yesterday. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead before admission. The official said Khandalawala had come to the five-star hotel around 11.20 am in a hired cab for lunch.
The investigation revealed that the deceased had been undergoing treatment for mental illness since 2005 at Masina hospital in Byculla in south Mumbai, he said.
(agency inputs)
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