A property dealer tragically died after falling from an 11th-floor building in Lucknow, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
A property dealer died after falling from the 11th floor of a residential building in the Gudamba area of Lucknow, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred around 8.45 pm on Thursday at Janeshwar Enclave located on the Kursi Road, according to a statement issued by Lucknow Police.
On receiving information, the local police team rushed to the spot and found the man critically injured on the ground.
He was taken to a trauma centre of a government medical college, where doctors declared him dead after examination, the police said.
A forensic team inspected the scene and collected evidence. The body has been sent for a post-mortem after completion of inquest proceedings, the statement said.
Based on information provided by the deceased's wife, the man was identified as Prabal Jain (31), a native of Mahmoodabad in Sitapur district, who was living in a rented flat with his wife at Janeshwar Enclave.
Preliminary investigation and inputs from his wife suggest that Jain allegedly died by suicide, police said.
He was a property dealer while his wife is employed as a floor manager at a premium shopping mall here. The couple had been married for about a year.