IAS officers' daughter jumps off building near Maharashtra secretariat

A 27-year-old woman, daughter of an IAS couple, ended her life by jumping off the 10th floor of a government residential building near the Mantralaya in south Mumbai early Monday morning, the police said.

Lipi Rastogi, a law student pursuing her LLB course in Sonipat, Haryana, took the drastic step at around 4 am when everyone else at the IAS officers' government accommodation near the state secretariat was asleep, they said.

A guard posted at the building informed Lipi's family after she was found lying unconscious on a motorbike parked near the premises, following which she was rushed to GT Hospital, the police said.

Despite immediate medical attention at the hospital, she was pronounced dead upon arrival.

A suicide note found in her room, which is part of the police investigation, indicated that Lipi held no one responsible for her decision.

The police have initiated an investigation, registering a case of unnatural death at the Cuffe Parade police station.

The police said Lipi was under immense pressure regarding her academic performance, leading to her distress.

Lipi's father, Vikas Rastogi, holds a prominent position as the principal secretary in Maharashtra's higher and technical education department, while her mother, Radhika Rastogi, also serves as a senior IAS officer in the state government.

This incident reflects a painful parallel to the loss suffered by another IAS family in 2017 when Milind and Manisha Mhaiskar's 18-year-old son met a similar fate by jumping off a high-rise in Mumbai.