Mumbai: Body of doc found hanging from fan in family friend's flat

The body of Dr Ravi Ramrath Yadav a 49yearold Dombivli resident and an employee of a pharmaceutical company was found in a flat in a Mhada building in the Teen Dongari locality behind the Goregaon police station on Monday nightWhile initial reports suggested suicide injury marks on Dr Yadavrsquos forehead and chest have led authorities to suspect foul playDr Yadav was reportedly a frequent visitor to the flat where two women described as family friends reside One reported that Yadav appeared worried and irritable when he visited on Monday nightldquoAccording to the woman a strange sound prompted her and her friend to rush to a bedroom where Dr Yadav was found hanging from the ceiling fan She screamed alerting neighbours In the process of taking the body down it fell bruising the forehead and chestrdquo said an officer of the Goregaon policeThe police have sent the body to JJ hospital for a detailed postmortem examination to determine the exact cause of death ldquoThe injuries have raised concerns and prompted a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deathrdquo said an officerThe police are collecting evidence and statements from neighbours and the woman in whose flat the body was found The womanrsquos parents confirmed that Dr Yadav was a family friend who often visited ldquoThey expressed shock and confusion over why he might have taken this steprdquo the officer addedAnand Bhoite deputy commissioner of police Zone 11 stated that a preliminary accidental death report ADR had been filedSecond incidentMeanwhile Pratham Naik 23 a resident of Ganesh Nagar Kandivli allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 23rd floor of a building on Monday nightNaik had recently started working at a pizza shop in a mall in Goregaon having worked there for only three days On Monday he appeared reluctant to go to work When his father inquired about it he eventually left home claiming he was headed to the mall However a call from his workplace informed his father that Naik had not shown upConcerned Naiks father called him and found him at the Dahanukarwadi Metro station in Kandivli Understanding his sons distress he brought Naik back home Soon after returning Naik suddenly ran to the 23rd floor of their building and jumped to his death His parents who had followed him upstairs witnessed the incidentThe Kandivli police quickly arrived at the scene and rushed Naik to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead The police have begun an investigation to determine the exact reason behind the suicide The Kandivli cops have registered an ADR and started the investigation