CSS official says suicide, not monkey attack, behind fall

33-YR-OLD CLAIMS HE WAS BEING 'HARASSED AND HUMILIATED' BY SENIORS AT THE UNION MINISTRY

- Jignasa Sinha

Two days after a Central Secretariat Service (CSS) official plunged from the seventh floor of Shastri Bhawan, a fresh twist has emerged.

The 33-year-old, posted with the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment, has apparently now told investigators that the incident was a suicide attempt driven by workplace harassment - contradicting the police's earlier story that he fell while fleeing a monkey attack.

In a police complaint August 29 seen by HT, the section officer alleged sustained humiliation by senior colleagues, and said that it left him "disturbed".