Dehradun, Oct 26 : A 52-year-old man from Punjab was found dead by police near ATS Colony in a building that is under construction here on Monday morning.
Police said they received information about the dead person at approximately 6 am, after which the station house officer of Raipur police station, in charge of the Mayur Vihar Police Outpost, and other police personnel immediately arrived at the scene.
They claimed that the man may have died after falling from the fifth floor of the building, and added that he was found lying on his back, having sustained severe injuries to his head and face.
Police identified the man as Pankaj Mittal, son of Pawan Kumar, aged approximately 52, a resident of Sector 3-A, Gobindgarh, in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab.
“Given the gravity of the incident, senior police officers inspected the site. A field unit and a forensic team were summoned to conduct a scientific and technical examination of the scene. Preliminary investigations suggest that the death occurred as a result of a fall from the fifth floor of the building under construction,” police said in a statement.
An inquest has been prepared in the matter, and the body has been sent for a post-mortem examination, they said.
Officials said that the exact cause and circumstances of death will be determined based on the post-mortem report, forensic analysis, and other evidence.
(PTI News)
