BENGALURU: A 47-year-old senior scientist with the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), which functions under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), allegedly died by suicide after jumping from his residential apartment building in Bengaluru on October 21, with his family telling police that work-related pressure had been affecting him for over a month.The deceased, identified as Sharad Katiyar, lived with his family in Seegehalli in KR Puram. Police said he was employed in the programming department of the ADA, located in Vimanapura near HAL.
Scientist’s family cites work-related pressure
According to his family’s statement to the police, Katiyar had been experiencing mental distress due to work-related pressure for over a month. He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with a depressive episode.However, the alleged work-related pressure continued, police said.On October 21, Katiyar visited the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) for treatment and took his prescribed medication, police added.
ADA scientist dies after fall from apartment
The incident took place between 7.30 pm and 8 pm on October 21. At around 7.30 pm, Katiyar allegedly jumped from a window near the staircase between the fourth and fifth floors of his residential apartment building.He sustained injuries in the fall and died before he could be taken to a hospital, police said.The KR Puram police registered a case of unnatural death under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, police added.(With PTI inputs)
