Ghaziabad: A 42-year-old man jumped to his death from the 13th-floor of a high-rise Kavi Nagar’s Mahagunpuram society on Thursday afternoon. When police checked his ground-floor flat, they discovered the body of the man’s mother lying in bed.According to police, Rajveer Chawala lived in the flat with his mother Satnam Kaur (70). Chawala was married but had been separated from his wife for some time. He worked as an astrologer and a podcaster, but had allegedly stopped working for the last few months.Around 2pm on Thursday, witnesses dialled 112 to report that a resident had committed suicide in the society. A police team reached the spot and found that the man lived on a ground-floor flat of the Vinayak tower, and had gone up to the 13th floor of the tower, from where he jumped.“He fell onto the tin sheds built below. The loud noise alerted the guard and nearby people, who rushed to the spot and found Chawla lying there, injured. The police, who arrived at the spot, rushed him to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead,” said ACP (Kavi Nagar) Suryabali Maurya.Cops later found Chawala’s mother’s body lying in bed inside their home and sent it for autopsy. It is estimated that Kaur had been dead for two days, and while a cause of death has not been determined, there were no injury marks found on the body, police said.“A forensic team was called to the spot, which has collected some samples from the flat. But we sent Kaur’s body for autopsy, and reports are awaited along with Chawala’s body. The reason for Kaur’s death will be cleared by the autopsy report,” the ACP added.Chawala’s estranged wife told cops that he struggled with depression and had financial struggles as well. A neighbour who wished to remain anonymous said that Chawala had not come out of his flat for the last few days.
