New Delhi:
The Director of a prominent Delhi-based NGO, who faced charges of rape, allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of his posh Vasant Kunj residence in South Delhi this morning, police said.
The incident took place a day after the allegation of rape surfaced against Khurshid Anwar who was the Director of Institute for Social Democracy.
"Anwar jumped from the balcony of his flat situated on the fourth floor at around 11 am. Locals rushed him to the nearby Fortis Hospital from where he was referred to the AIIMS Trauma Centre where he was declared brought dead by the doctors," police official said.
Mr Anwar lived alone in his house as his wife, who is a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), lives in the accommodation provided by the institution.
Police have not recovered any suicide note from the activist's house.
A 24-year-old woman had registered a case of rape against Mr Anwar at the Vasant Kunj (North) police station last evening.
The woman was a rights activist herself and had actively taken part in the protests at India Gate last year after the fatal gang-rape rape of a young physiotherapy intern on a moving bus in Delhi.
Mr Anwar was a native of Allahabad and an alumnus of JNU.
He is survived by his wife and a son.
Police said his body had been handed over to the family after post-mortem.