Bollywood actor Jeetendra’s cousin Nitin Dwarkadas Kapoor, who had been undergoing treatment for depression, committed suicide by jumping off the terrace at his sister’s flat on JP Road in Andheri West in Mumbai, where he’d been living for some time.
58-year-old Nitin had been unemployed for 18 years and for the past one-and-a-half years had been suffering from depression.
For a month, he had been undergoing treatment in the psychiatric department at Kokilaben Hospital.
Nitin went to the terrace of the six-storey building and jumped off from there.
NITIN’S FAMILY IN HYDERABAD INFORMED
Family members of Nitin, who reside in Hyderabad, have been informed of his demise. Nitin got married to Jayasudha in 1985.His body has been sent for post-mortem.
According to the police, no suicide note was recovered from the spot. There was nothing suspicious to hint at a conspiracy.
A case of accidental death has been registered with the Versova police station.
What prompted Nitin to take the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, police said.