Delhi: ACP ends life by jumping off police HQ’s building

New Delhi: A 55-year-old assistant commissioner (ACP) of Delhi police committed suicide by jumping off the  10th floor of police headquarters at ITO on Thursday morning.

Police said the deceased has been identified as Prem Ballabh, posted in the crime and traffic wing of Delhi police. He jumped off the 10th floor at around 10:10 am.

They added he was posted in a secretarial branch in police headquarters. He was reportedly admitted to a hospital in recent past and underwent treatment.

However, the family claims that he used to have anxiety attacks and was undergoing treatment for it.

Police have recovered a handwritten note purportedly written by the ACP in which he has written that nobody is responsible for his death.

 Police staff deployed on the ground floor heard a loud sound and rushed out to see the body near the entrance of the building and informed the senior officials.

“The body was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead on arrival. While preliminary enquiry has revealed that the ACP was under depression. He was also undergoing treatment for some illness and had spent some time at GTB Hospital,” said Rajesh Khurana, joint commissioner of police (Central Range).

Police said that Ballabh spent 28 days recently at a government hospital and  rejoined work just five days ago after medical leave.

Ballabh was from Uttarakhand’s Almora and stayed with his family in Delhi’s Maujpur area.

According to Kamal Sharma, the deceased's brother, he had been having anxiety problems for almost eight years.

“However, all his reports during the 28 days’ break he took were reported normal by the doctors. The family did not have financial issues while he had good relations with his wife and kids,” said Sharma.

Police said that Ballabh had joined Delhi police as head constable in 1986 and was promoted to the rank of ACP in 2016.