DUBAI
A 27-year-old Indian man allegedly committed suicide in Dubai by jumping off the 10th floor of his apartment building after a fight with his wife, police said.
The man, who had been married for a year, allegedly had a fight with his wife after which she left the apartment in Jumierah Lake area. He then jumped from the balcony and died on the spot, local media reported quoting a senior police official.
“This is a suicide and not homicide,” Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, director of the Dubai police Criminal Investigation Department (CID), was quoted as saying by media.
Brigadier Mansouri said that initial investigations and forensic examinations revealed that there was no suspicion of criminal act behind the incident.
“The man fought with his wife and she decided to leave the house (on Sunday),” he said, adding the husband jumped from balcony as soon as his wife left the house.
The body of the man, who was not identified, was sent for forensic examination while the police are investigating the incident.