Suicide Mumbai: Five end life in 24 hours

Suicide cases in Mumbai
Suicides in 2013 - 1322 Male suicide - 831 Female suicide - 491
Suicides in 2012 - 1296 Male suicide - 762 Female suicide - 534

In the last 24 hours, five Mumbaikars have committed suicide. Two women jumped from buildings, while three men hung themselves.

As per the statistics provided by the National Crime Records Bureau, every year more than 1,200 suicides take place in the city, most of which are committed by men.

35-year-old model and actor coordinator Ekta Babbar jumped to death from the 16th floor of Green Acres building in Andheri West on Sunday night. Babbar lived with her mother in the building in Lokhandwala, Andheri. The Oshiwara police said her father's death five months ago might be the trigger.

Around 11 pm, Babbar retired to bed while her mother was watching TV. Subhash Vele, senior inspector of Oshiwara police station, said, "Ekta's bedroom did not have a grill. She locked the room from inside. Sometime after 11:30, she jumped from her room when her mother was watching television in the hall."

The watchman of the building saw her lying in a pool of blood and alerted police. "When we arrived at the spot, the body parts were scattered and hence it was difficult for the watchman or the neighbours to identify her," added Vele. Upon noticing that the 16th floor house did not have a grill, the officials went there. The girl's mother told the police that her daughter was asleep in her room.

When they knocked her bedroom, there was no answer. Following this, they broke open the door and found she was not in the bedroom. "We believe it was a planned move. No suicide note was recovered," added Vele.
The police will check her call records. Babbar ran a business whereby she supplies fresh film artists to producers and directors of film and television.

A few hours later, 44-year old Beena Vajrani, a resident of Carter Road in Bandra (W), ended her life after she jumped from a sixth floor flat of a posh residential building at Warden Road in Gamdevi in the wee hours of Monday. As per the family of the deceased, she was suffering with depression for past many years.

Same night, 26-year-old Narisinh Mariappa allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Tagore Nagar in Vikhroli. Mariappa allegedly took the drastic step after having a fight with his wife over petty issue. Mariappa had a chronic drinking problem which led to frequent fights between the couple, police said.

In a similar incident 29-year-old Kunal Ambavankar allegedly committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in Siddharth Nagar slums in Bandra East. As per Kherwadi police, the incident came to light after a foul smell emanated from his house which alerted the neighbours at around 10:30 am on Monday. Ambavankar worked as clerk in a hospital in Bandra and lived alone.

An unidentified man allegedly hanged himself outside the department of psychiatric of KEM hospital on Monday morning. According to the Bhoiwada police the man was found hanging by a hospital staff. "We are currently trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased," said senior police inspector of Bhoiwada police station, Sunil Tondwalkar.