Sr citizen jumps to death

MUMBAI: An 81-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from the 16th floor of Woodlands Apartment at Pedder Road on Monday evening. He was depressed, the police said.
The 16th floor does not have any flats and houses only water tanks for the building.
The deceased has been identified as Arvind Vaidya, a Pune resident. According to the Gamdevi police, Vaidya had come to meet his daughter who resides in the same building.Vaidya was depressed since his wife passed away last year. He had come for treatment to Mumbai. According to a resident of the 25-storey building, the incident took place at around 6 pm. "We heard from the watchmen that the deceased had gone for an evening walk and after some time they heard a loud noise. When they rushed towards the parking lot, they found the man lying in a pool of blood,'' said the resident on condition of anonymity. The deceased was a frequent visitor to the building.
The Gamdevi police have sent the body for a post-mortem.
Immediately after the incident, the police cordoned off the building and requested residents to stay indoors. "We don't know what happened. We only heard a thud,'' said a security guard. By 9 pm, most of the flats wore a deserted look-lights were switched off.