Manipur Man Dies After Allegedly Jumping from Kolkata Airport Flyover

KOLKATA: In a shocking incident, a man died after he allegedly jumped from a flyover leading to the departure area of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Sunday, officials said.

The critically injured man was identified as Oinam Ranjan Singh, aged around 50, and a resident of Imphal in Manipur. According to sources, Singh had arrived in Kolkata from Imphal on January 23 and had been spotted on the airport premises for several days since. He was scheduled to return on Sunday, airport sources added.

The incident took place at 3:23 pm on Sunday when he fell in the airport’s city-side arrival area after the plunge from the flyover, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesperson said. Critically injured after the fall, Singh was immediately examined by a doctor on duty at the airport and referred to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“Personnel of the NSCBI Police Station took the injured man to a state-run hospital in Barasat in an ambulance, where the doctors pronounced him dead," Acting Director of Kolkata Airport Dhanamjaya Rao said. It was not immediately clear why Singh jumped from the flyover, the officials said.

Meanwhile, a total of 314.471 kg of various seized drugs valued at around Rs 400 crore were disposed of in Manipur's Imphal West district in the presence of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and other senior officials.

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