A post-dinner sleepover on the roof of their four-storey house in New Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar area turned fatal, leaving a husband and his wife in critical condition, after family allegations that the couple had an argument on the balcony just before the fall, police said on Sunday.
The police said that the deceased was named Varun Sharma, and that his wife Geeta (29 years old) was undergoing treatment at GTB Hospital.
A senior police officer said that the couple lives with their family in Nanak Basti in Old Seelampur under Gandhi Nagar police station area in east Delhi.
Initial investigations revealed that the couple had dinner with the family around nine in the evening and then went to sleep on the roof of the house.
How it happened: What cops know so far
“At around 10 p.m., family members heard the couple fighting on the balcony, followed by a loud sound of someone falling,” police said. When relatives rushed outside, they found Varun and Geeta lying injured in the corridor below.
The couple was immediately taken to hospital, where doctors declared Varun dead, while Geeta was referred to GTB Hospital, police said.
Police said it has not yet been confirmed whether the couple accidentally fell during the quarrel or whether one of them pushed the other. “So far, the family members have not expressed doubts that any crime has occurred, although investigators are examining all possible angles,” the officer said.
According to the police, the incident was revealed through the Medico-Legal Case (MLC) information received from Dr. Hedgewar Hospital, where Varun was brought dead by his brother Arun Sharma.
Geeta was also taken to the same hospital before being referred to GTB Hospital due to the severity of her injuries. The couple married in February 2019 and had a two-and-a-half-year-old son. Varun’s body has been sent to GTB Hospital for autopsy, while further investigations are underway, police said.
