A wanted accused in a narcotics case in Delhi died after falling from his third-floor flat in Mumbai’s Malad (West) on Tuesday, rapping down a window while trying to escape from the police. .
The deceased has been identified as David Hari Rai, who lived with his family at Haridwar apartment in Evershine Nagar.
A Delhi Police team on Tuesday approached the local Bangur Nagar police station to help nab Rai, who was booked in a narcotics case in 2017. Rai, who was alone in the flat at that time, got a clue of the police. The team of Mumbai and Delhi Police had gone to catch him.
“We took the watchman of the building with us and knocked on his door but he did not open it. A neighbor said that he had not seen her for several days. So, we left thinking that he was not at home. After some time the watchman informed us that Rai had fallen from his third-floor flat and we took him to Shatabdi Hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said the police.
“His wife told us that two years ago they removed the grill from their flat. When they came to know that the police team had come to arrest them, they closed the door. He was wearing a helmet and used a rope to get down and accidentally fell after breaking the rope. He suffered a head injury and died,” the police said.
Bangur Nagar police have registered a case of accidental death.
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