Biocon employee in Bengaluru falls to death from office building, police suspect suicide

A 26-year-old Biocon employee in Bengaluru died after falling from the company’s building in Electronics City on Tuesday, in what police suspect to be a case of suicide.

The deceased, identified as S Anantha Kumar from Banashankari, worked in the finance department at Biocon’s Electronics City Phase II facility, the police said.

According to the police, the incident occurred around 5 pm when Kumar was reportedly on his phone and had gone to the canteen terrace.

The police have shifted the body to a hospital in Electronics City for a post-mortem examination and informed Kumar’s parents about the death.

“A case will be registered once the parents provide their statement,” a police officer told reporters. The jurisdictional Parappana Agrahara police have launched an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death.