Thane, Oct 25 (PTI) A 42-year-old Nigerian national jumped to death from the 15th floor of a residential building in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred at a housing complex in Dombivili town in the wee hours of Thursday, an official said.

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Ernest Onyewlu Obiorath, a native of Anambra in Nigeria, allegedly jumped from the balcony of a flat on the 15th floor around 2.30 am, he said.

The man was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead, the official said, adding that the local police were probing into the incident.

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