Mumbai: 22-year-old found dead at high rise building in Goregaon

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A 22-year-old girl died by suicide after by hanging herself from a fan at a high rise building in Goregaon on Thursday, said police, reported news agency ANI.

The incident took place in the Dindoshi police station area. On receiving information, police reached the high rise building in Goregaon, took the body into their custody and sent it for post-mortem, reported ANI.

Police registered a case under Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and have started further investigation.

According to the police, around 9 pm they received information that the deceased girl's family members who returned after going out for some personal work found no response on knocking on the door. Subsequently, they broke down the door and found their daughter hanging from the fan, after which police were informed, reported ANI.

Police said that the reason for the suicide has not been known yet, they have registered a case under ADR and started further investigation, reported ANI.

In another case, police have registered a case against a man from Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly clobbering his woman relative to death with a wooden rod over a dispute, an official said on Wednesday, reported PTI.

The incident occurred on Monday around 9.30 pm at Kaman locality in Vasai, he said, reported PTI.

The deceased was identified as a 55-year-old tribal woman, Manjula Kolha, while the accused is Sagar Bendga, who was her distant relative, the police said, reported PTI.

In the probe, the police found that Bendga used to visit the victim's house frequently and quarrel with her over trivial matters, senior inspector Ramesh Bhame of Naigaon police station said, reported PTI.

"The situation escalated after the victim complained to her daughter about Bendga's behavior. On learning about the complaint, Bendga confronted the victim at her residence on Monday night. After a heated argument, Bendga took up a wooden rod and attacked the woman," he said, reported PTI.

Her husband tried to intervene, but Bendga assaulted him as well, he said.

As a result of the attack, the woman died and her body was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, the police said, reported PTI.

An offence under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (murder), 452 (house-trespass) and 506 (criminal intimidation) was registered against Bendga.

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)