India News | Mumbai: Senior Banker Ends Life by Jumping off 16th Floor of High-rise

Mumbai, Feb 25 (PTI) A senior official of a bank allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the 16th floor of a building in Parel in central Mumbai on Friday morning, police said.

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Shlok Shashikant Kapoor (42) was senior vice president of Sumitomo Mitsui Bank and the incident took place at around 10:30am in D Wing of Ashoka Towers, a Bhoiwada police station official said.

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"A diary found at his residence had a suicide note. It seems he was under pressure due to the workload for the past two to three months. He was also being treated for depression by a prominent doctor based in Gamdevi," he said.

An accidental death case was registered and further probe into the incident is underway, the Bhoiwada police station official added.

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