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 Bangkok: A 56-year-old Indian gem trader fell to his death from the eighth floor of a condominium here Thursday. His body was found in the parking lot on the fourth floor of the 15-storey Thai Sathit condominium in Samphanthawong district at around 6.20 a.m Thursday, the police said. However, the police said there were no traces of a struggle in his room on the eighth floor of the condominimum and they believed that he fell from the balcony, Bangkok Post reported. A tenant on the sixth floor said he heard a loud sound, like a heavy landing, not far beneath his room. A car alarm started blaring and he went to the parking lot to check over. He then found the man lying on the floor. The police said they will examine closed-circuit security camera footage and are yet to rule out any motive behind the man’s d0eath. The Indian gem trader stayed with his son. His body was sent to Police General Hospital for an autopsy, the report said.

Jeweller’s body found inside car, Suicide suspected

Mangaluru: In a tragic incident, a city based jeweller was found dead on the driver’s seat of his car on Tuesday, December 9. The deceased is identified as Naveen Acharya from Maryhill Gurunagara in the city. Acharya owned a jewellery shop here. Apparently, this happens to be a case of suicide. According to the family sources, Acharya had left home on the morning of December 8 for his shop. He had not returned home that night. On the next morning, family members found Acharya’s body sitting on the driver’s seat of his car, which was parked in its parking slot at Maryhill Gurunagara. Acharya left behind a suicide note which stated that Shivananda Ketli from Mescom, Narayana Bondel, Tony Contractor and Puttur Ramachandra Acharya were responsible for his death. The note has also provided cell phone numbers of these persons, and mentioned the total amount due as Rs 13,35,000. Acharya’s wife, Shwetha, filed a complaint with the police, that her husband faced financial crisis as the people who had outstandings turned defaulters. She said having been frustrated with the crisis, Naveen Acharya had ended his life. The police have begun investigation into the matter.