New Delhi- A Central Secretariat Service (CSS) official who fell from the seventh floor of Shastri Bhawan here has allegedly told investigators that the incident was a suicide attempt prompted by prolonged workplace harassment, police said on Thursday.

The victim, identified as Deepak Khoda (33), is posted with the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. However, on Monday, when the incident was reported, the police had said that he slipped while trying to evade a monkey.

In a complaint given to the police on October 1 by Khoda, he alleged that he tried to attempt suicide due to repeatedly being humiliated by senior colleagues over several months, which made him“depressed.”

Khoda, who has been working in the ministry for the last nine years, alleged that he has been harassed by senior officers, including the additional secretary and deputy secretary, for the past several months.

He also alleged that they have threatened to ruin his career and also warned him of taking legal action.“This was also known to my family members. On September 29, they scolded me again, which left me really sad, and I started having thoughts of committing suicide. Around 4 pm, I went to the seventh floor of the building and jumped off from there,” the complaint read.

According to a senior police officer, he landed on a tempo loaded with water bottles, sustaining injuries to his arm, before colleagues rushed him to RML Hospital. He has urged police to initiate legal proceedings against the senior officials named in his complaint.

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