Pramesh S Jain
A 23-year-old woman died after allegedly jumping from the seventh floor of a paying guest accommodation in Whitefield along with a 30-year-old man on Sunday.
The man survived the fall but suffered grievous injuries.
The deceased has been identified as Janani Perumal (23),a software engineer working with a private company in Pattandur Agrahara.
Originally from Ulaivaikkal in Puducherry,she was staying at Mountain PG on ECC Road,Whitefield.
The injured man, Manichavelu (30),is employed with a logistics company in Puducherry and is a resident of Nallathur in the Union Territory.
Senior officer told reporters,the two went to the seventh floor of Radha Krishna Co-Live PG on ECC Road and allegedly jumped from the building.
Janani died on the spot,while Manichavelu sustained multiple injuries and was shifted to a hospital for treatment.
Residents alerted the police,following which Whitefield police reached the spot and shifted the woman’s body for postmortem examination.
“The extent of his injuries is being ascertained.He is likely to have suffered multiple fractures.
We are investigating why the two jumped and what the injured man was doing in Bengaluru,”a officer said.
Whitefield Police are also verifying the background of both individuals and examining whether they were known to each other or were in a relationship.
The exact circumstances that led to the incident are yet to be established he added.
