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Delhi Terrace Fall Kills 21-Year-Old, Leaves Friend Critical as Police Treat Case as Accident

The SDM was notified under Section 196 BNSS because the deceased had married this year.

Overview

  • Sunita, 21, died at the scene near Hakim Bakka, Hauz Qazi Chowk, after a fall from a four-storey building on Tuesday evening.
  • Tripti, 19, remains unconscious in hospital after her brother rushed her there and made the 8:41 pm PCR call to police.
  • Delhi Police say preliminary findings point to a fall from height and no allegations of foul play have emerged.
  • The pair were neighbors and childhood friends who routinely walked on the adjoining terraces of their top-floor homes.
  • Investigators are recording statements and reviewing evidence, including reconciling a caller account that referred to a boy and a girl jumping.