NDMC official dies in hospital, family alleges suicide

An assistant sanitary inspector of New Delhi Municipal Council died in a hospital here, with his family claiming that he had committed suicide as he was being "harassed by his seniors" in office.
A note has been recovered from the deceased, Harpal Singh (58), in which it was written "no one should bow to injustice" but it bore no name or signature, police said.
Yesterday, Singh drove to a hospital from his office in in south Delhi's Sarojini Nagar and fell on th ground as soon as he stepped out of the car. Police was informed around 5.30 PM and he died during treatment, a senior police officer said.

Post-mortem was conducted and the body handed over to the family. Viscera and gastric lavage of deceased have been preserved for investigation," the officer said.
Meanwhile, Singh's family alleged, "He was being harassed by his seniors. They sometimes used to give him work that did not even come under his purview. He had talked about resigning due to harassment but we never thought he would take such an extreme step."
The deceased's nephew said, "My uncle was due for promotion in three months. We don't know why he was being targeted. He had been in NDMC for the last 30 years."

He claimed that Harpal wrote the note at the hospital and it needs to be probed whether he drove the car himself or someone left him there in his own car.
When contacted, NDMC officials refused to comment on the issue saying, "Let the police investigation take its course.