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Woman Dies After Fall From Kolkata Luxury High-Rise as Police Probe Cause

Investigators await the post-mortem to determine whether the death was suicide or involved foul play.

Overview

  • Security guards heard a loud noise and found the woman outside the building on Monday morning, after which police recovered the body and sent it for autopsy.
  • Police identified her as 29-year-old Garima Lodh, though a PTI report named her as Gorima Ladha and put her age at about 26.
  • She lived with family on the 25th floor of a luxury tower on Canal South Road in the Tangra area, according to police.
  • Investigators reported half-empty liquor bottles in her room, and PTI said an object was found in her hand at the scene.
  • An unnatural-death case has been registered at Tangra police station as officers review CCTV footage and tighten security in nearby residential towers.