New Delhi: Lipi Rastogi, the 27-year-old daughter of senior bureaucrats, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the 10th floor of a building near the Mantralaya in south Mumbai early Monday morning, police informed.
It has been learnt that Lipi, who was a law student in Haryana’s Sonepat, jumped from the building near the state secretariat at around 4 am, News18 reported. She was immediately taken to the GT Hospital where she was declared dead, officials said.
Lipi was anxious about her performance in academics. Notably, a suicide note was recovered from the spot in which she purportedly stated that no one should be blamed for her death, the official was quoted as saying.
A case of unnatural death has been registered at the Cuffe Parade police station, officials said.
27-year-old daughter of Maharashtra cadre IAS officers jumps off building in Mumbai, dies; suicide note found: Police
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The deceased’s father, Vikas Rastogi, is the principal secretary in Maharashtra’s Higher and Technical Education Department. Her mother Radhika Rastogi is also a senior IAS officer serving in the state government.
Earlier, Maharashtra cadre IAS officers Milind and Manisha Mhaiskar lost their 18-year-old son in 2017 after he jumped off a high-rise in Mumbai.
