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Cops rule out foul play

Updated on: 28 June,2011 07:53 AM IST  | 
Siddhant Banerjee |

Delhi police ruled out any foul play in the death of 24-year-old pilot from Mumbai Jonathan Joseph Fernandes, who allegedly fell from the seventh floor of a residential apartment in Rohini area on Saturday night

Cops rule out foul play

Delhi police ruled out any foul play in the death of 24-year-old pilot from Mumbai Jonathan Joseph Fernandes, who allegedly fell from the seventh floor of a residential apartment in Rohini area on Saturday night.u00a0u00a0


Drop zoneu00a0: The incident occurred in Jai Apartments in Rohini's sector 9
(above) on Saturday night. Pic/Mid Day


"The post mortem report has confirmed that Joseph was under the influence of the liquor when he fell. Doctors have found alcohol content in his blood," said a senior police official associated with the case.
Police have registered an FIR of death due to negligence against Hitesh Mahashay, who had thrown the birthday party at the terrace of his Rohini apartment. Hitesh is still on the run.

Body of evidence
Cops said they have handed over Joseph's body to his family members after conducting post mortem.
"We have questioned several persons who were present at the birthday party when the incident took place. The eyewitnesses said, he was drunk and fell from the terrace on his own," added the police official.
The official added that it was not merely a friend's get together, a number of participants were married people from their locality and friends of Mahashay family.

The deceased, who had returned from the US after completing his pilot' course, was to appear in the DGCA exams for getting Commercial Pilot's License (CPL) and was preparing for this. Joseph lived in Vikhroli area of Mumbai. His father is a well known businessman of the city.




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