{"id":6071,"date":"2026-04-20T15:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/delhi-high-court-lawyer-jumps-to-death-from-connaught-place-hotel-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:49:05","slug":"delhi-high-court-lawyer-jumps-to-death-from-connaught-place-hotel-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/delhi-high-court-lawyer-jumps-to-death-from-connaught-place-hotel-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi high court lawyer jumps to death from Connaught Place hotel | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130385596,imgsize-42732,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/26-year-old-lawyer-dies-after-jumping-from-cp-hotel-in-delhi.jpg\" alt=\"Delhi high court lawyer jumps to death from Connaught Place hotel\" title=\"26-year-old lawyer dies after jumping from CP hotel in Delhi (Image used for representational purpose only)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"26-year-old lawyer dies after jumping from CP hotel in Delhi (Image used for representational purpose only)\">26-year-old lawyer dies after jumping from CP hotel in Delhi (Image used for representational purpose only)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old advocate allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the 15th floor of a four-star hotel in central Delhi on Sunday evening.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>According to police, information regarding the incident was received at Connaught Place police station around 9.15 pm. <!-- -->A police team rushed to the spot and identified the man as advocate Rajesh Singh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>He was immediately taken to Lady Hardinge Medical College, where doctors declared him brought dead.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Singh, a resident of southwest Delhi\u2019s Mohan Garden area, had checked into the hotel on Saturday evening at around 6.30 pm. During inquiry, it was revealed that the advocate was practising at the Delhi High Court.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The crime team and forensic science laboratory officials inspected the scene and collected relevant evidence. CCTV footage from the hotel premises has also been examined as part of the investigation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Police said the body has been preserved at the mortuary for post-mortem examination. Statements of family members have been recorded, and they have not expressed suspicion of any foul play in the incident.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/delhi-high-court-advocate-jumps-from-15th-floor-of-cp-hotel-dies\/articleshow\/130385382.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26-year-old lawyer dies after jumping from CP hotel in Delhi (Image used for representational purpose only) NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old advocate allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the 15th floor of a four-star hotel in central Delhi on Sunday evening.According to police, information regarding the incident was received at Connaught Place police station around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-delhi"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}