The sister of a 28-year-old engineer, who died after falling from the balcony of his flat on the fifth floor of Amrapali Zodiac society in Sector 120, has lodged a complaint against the seven youths who were partying with the victim on the New Year’s Eve alleging that the death was suspicious.
‘No wine bottle found’
Four glasses of wine were recovered from the spot and close friends of deceased, identified as Vivek Parimal, have said that he could not handle too many drinks. A senior police officer said that the victim’s sister, in her complaint, however, has alleged that Vivek had fallen a few steps ahead of the area right under the building, adding that bottles of wine were not found in his flat.
The family members of the seven accused, who have been detained, met the Superintendent of Police (City) and claimed that they were innocent and were suffering due to the unfortunate incident.
A post-mortem of the deceased’s body was conducted 36 hours after the death.
A senior police officer said that Vivek hailed from Himachal Pradesh.
He fell from his balcony while talking over the phone as seven of his friends were having drinks in the hall of the flat, he said.
The police said that the engineer was said to be drunk and that his phone was found on the edge of the balcony.
When questioned, his friend told the police that the the accused could not hear him fall as music was playing at the time of the incident. They went to check on him as he did not return after 10 minutes.
“He was in the balcony of his flat talking to someone over the phone. He appears to have slipped and fell from the fifth floor of the high-rise building,” Akhilsh Tripathi, Station House Officer, Phase III, said.
RWA issues advisory
Meanwhile, the RWA federation has issued an advisory to all high-rise apartments in the district to ensure a minimum 5-feet balcony railing/wall through the respective RWAs and maintenance office in order to ensure safety and security of the residents. The federation has also urged the District Magistrate to issue necessary directive if need be.
