Virendra Dhingra, 69, was an accused in a financial cheating case filed in CR Park police station and a non-bailable warrant was also issued against him.
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Ten days after a Delhi-based jeweller jumped to his death from the sixth floor of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) building, an elderly builder jumped to death from his house to avoid police arrest.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Milind Mahadev Dumbere said the incident occurred on the night of 30 April.
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“A raid was conducted by a team of Delhi Police at Virendra Dhingra’s residence at Vasant Vihar to arrest him and he allegedly jumped from three storey building in fear,” he said.
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“Dhingra, 69, was an accused in a financial cheating case filed in CR Park police station and a non-bailable warrant was also issued against him. The police team of the district concerned raided his house to arrest him and subsequently he jumped from top floor of the building,” Dumbere added.
Dhingra was taken to private hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Meanwhile, Dhingra’s family members alleged it was a murder as the police team applied pressure on him. As a result, he climbed on to the top floor of the building and jumped off.
Police, however, dismissed the allegations but said a probe has been ordered.
“We have constituted a high level inquiry committee to investigate this case from all angles,” Dumbere added.
On 25 April, a Delhi-based jeweller jumped to his death from the sixth floor of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) building at the CGO complex in the national capital.
The jeweller, identified as Gaurav Gupta, was visiting the DRI office in connection with an alleged gold smuggling case.
The 40-year-old jeweller was waiting in the visitors’ room inside the DRI office at the CGO complex area, when he took the extreme step around 12 noon on Wednesday.
The man was immediately taken to the Safdarjung hospital by the officers of the DRI and the Central Industrial Security Force of CGO complex, but could not be saved.
During the search operations at his residence and offices, the officers had seized around 41 kg of foreign-marked gold and 213 kg of silver bullion.
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