Mumbai: 16-year-old girl found dead in lawn of Tardeo high-rise

The police arrived on the scene and informed the Kotharis of the death. Priyanka is the daughter of Amrish Kothari, who runs jewellery brand Kothari Fine Jewels from a boutique on Altamount Road.

Sixteen-year-old Priyanka, a resident of Imperial Tower in Tardeo, fell off the twenty-third floor of the building in central Mumbai. (Express photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

The body was handed over to her family after a postmortem examination was conducted.

An official at Tardeo police station said: “The deceased stayed in a duplex flat where each family member has their own bedrooms. She had reached home around 11.30 pm on Friday and a domestic help had opened the door.”

The police said that Kothari had then gone upstairs to her bedroom before descending to the flat’s common hall on the lower floor. “The balcony in the hall does not have a grill. We are investigating how she fell. No suicide note has been recovered,” said Sanjay Surve, Senior Inspector, Tardeo police.

The statements of the family members are yet to be recorded. “Other relatives at home were asleep at the time of the incident. We will not know whether there is anything suspicious about the death until we speak to the girl’s family and friends,” Surve said.

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