The person was rushed to a hospital, however declared lifeless on admission, police official stated.
Mumbai:
A 52-year-old businessman allegedly dedicated suicide by leaping off the Atal Setu sea bridge connecting Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, police stated on Thursday.
The incident befell on Wednesday, the second such suicide on the Atal Setu in three days as a banker had ended his life in an analogous method on Monday.
“The businessman, Philip Shah, ended his life by leaping off the Atal Setu on Wednesday morning. Shah, a resident of Matunga in central Mumbai, drove his sedan automotive on the Atal Setu, parked it in some unspecified time in the future and jumped into the ocean,” he stated.
“Workers from the CCTV management room of the bridge seen {that a} automotive was parked on the bridge, following which a rescue crew was alerted. Its personnel rushed to the spot from the place Shah jumped into the ocean. Following a search operation, they discovered him,” he stated.
He was rushed to a hospital, however declared lifeless on admission, the police official stated.
The deceased individual’s id was established on the idea of his Aadhaar card, which was discovered within the automotive, he stated, including that the sufferer was apparently beneath psychological stress in the previous couple of days earlier than his demise.
A case of unintended demise was registered on the Nhava Sheva police station in Navi Mumbai, he stated.
The ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu’, often known as the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Hyperlink (MTHL), that connects south Mumbai with the satellite tv for pc metropolis of Navi Mumbai, was inaugurated in January this 12 months. The six-lane bridge is 21.8 km lengthy and is alleged to be the longest sea bridge within the nation.
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