A 35-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the third floor of the Sewri court on Friday. According to the police sources, the incident took place at around 1.20 pm, when the Rajendra Walmiki had come to the court to deposit the bail amount.

Police officials said that Walmiki along with his 8 other accomplices was arrested on August 18 by the Kasturba Marg police for allegedly posing as officers from Crime Branch. The nine accused had robbed a tempo and snatched the mobile phone of the driver, who was carrying Gutkhha near the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) flyover bridge on August 16.