Mohali: Wife of deceased cop claims her husband appeared ‘depressed’

Tribune News Service

Mohali, November 18

The wife of the 42-year-old cop Ajay Sharma, who died after falling off the 25th floor of the ATS towers in Mohali yesterday, has claimed that her husband was “depressed”.

Yogita said she received a call from her husband at 11 pm on Tuesday and he appeared to be depressed.

She said Ajay informed her that he was on duty and added that a cab driver was accompanying him.

Yogita said she received the information about her husband’s death at 11 am yesterday.

Meanwhile, the police initiated proceedings under Section 174 of the IPC and handed over the body to the family after the postmortem.

Sharma allegedly slipped and fell off the 25th floor of the building. The incident took place around 3.30 am yesterday and the security guard informed the police around 7 am.

The police have also recovered the CCTV footage in which the deceased Ajay and his friend Sanjeev are seen going to the rooftop in a lift in a jolly mood.

Later, around 3.07 am, Sanjeev was seen coming down from the lift. After seeing the body of his friend, Sanjeev left the spot in his car.