Anxious staff and inmates of Jindal Nature Cure Institute near Madanaikanahalli in Bengaluru, who were getting... Read More

BENGALURU: Anxious staff and inmates of Jindal Nature Cure Institute near Madanaikanahalli in Bengaluru, who were getting ready to welcome their VIP guest, Arvind Kejriwal who is to undergo a treatment at the institute, were shocked when a suicide in the campus was reported.

Some patients who were doing their morning stroll on Thursday were shocked to spot a man’s body hanging from the branch of a tree in a grove within the campus. It was around 9.00 am, when a few of them saw the body hanging to a shirt and informed the institute authorities who in turn alerted the local police. The hospital authorities were quick to state that it was neither their patient nor an employee.

Police rushed to the spot and shifted the body for post mortem to Nelamangala government hospital. The police eventually found that the deceased was Ravi, 35, a daily wage labourer who stayed at Chikkabidarakallu. He used one of sleeves of his full-arm shirt, tied it to a branch and the other sleeve was tied to his neck, police said. Family members later told the police that Ravi was under depression for a long time. Madanayakanahalli police have registered a case of unnatural death and are further investigating the case.

However, the unfortunate incident did not interfere with Arvind Kejriwal’s visit to the institute. Kejriwal reached the institute by noon after arriving at the Kempegowda International Airport at 12:30 pm. “Despite requesting the city police that he did not need any security, the police accompanied the Delhi chief minister in a convoy until he crossed city police limits as a part of protocol and few police personnel from Nelamangala police sub-division, including officers in civil dresses were also deployed at Jindal Naturecure facility, said a local AAP functionary.