Panic gripped as lady doctor jumps to death from 8th floor of apartment

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Bhubaneswar, Sept 6: Panic struck residents of the Banalata Apartment located in Saheed Nagar area in Odisha capital when a 45-year-old lady doctor committed suicide by jumping from the 8th floor of the apartment this afternoon.

Suicide (Courtesy-newsfirst.lk)
Though the incident took place around 1.30 pm, the deceased body was reportedly recovered an hour later by the police who were informed by the apartment people.

The deceased, identified as Swetapadma Mishra, a gynecologist working at Jagannath Hospital located under Saheed Nagar police limits, was then rushed to Apollo hospital in the city where she was declared brought dead. Her body was then shifted to Capital hospital here for the post-mortem.

Police sources said though the actual death of Swetapadma, wife of Arijit Mohapatra, a pediatrics at the same hospital, is yet to be ascertained, but the deceased parents have lodged a complaint at the local police station bringing allegation of murder against their in-laws.

Meanwhile the forensic team and Saheed Nagar police personnel are at the apartment to gather facts behind the strange death and are interrogating the in-laws of the deceased.

Police said the deceased who had been staying at the third floor of the apartment committed suicide by jumping from the eighth floor of the building. They have recovered footwear and spectacles of the deceased lying on the terrace of the building where she jumped to death.

“Meanwhile we have registered an unnatural death (U/D) case into the incident. Investigation is on to find out the actual reason behind the woman’s death,” said the investigating officer of the case.

A neighbour of the deceased said while he and his family members were in their flat, they heard a loud sound and when they come out their house to see the woman lying on the floor with blood oozing out from her body parts.

 Keeping their views behind the death, deceased's in-laws said she might have taken this extreme step as she was going through a mental illness.  

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