Overview

• A stenographer identified as Neha Sankhwar died after falling from the sixth floor of the Kanpur court building on October 18 and was declared dead at UHM Hospital.
• An FIR has been registered against an unidentified person under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for abetment of suicide, and no arrests have been made.
• Investigators report no suicide note at the scene and say they are examining all possible angles in the case.
• A forensic team inspected the site, and police plan to record statements from colleagues and associates to establish the circumstances leading to the death.
• Her family alleges workplace harassment and disputes that she took her own life, with local reports also noting CCTV of her going to the sixth floor alone and inconsistencies in her reported age.