Man dies after viewing video of girlfriend slitting her wrists

A 30-year-old man, who received a video from his girlfriend in which she is slitting her wrist, rushed her to the hospital but fainted and subsequently died after seeing her condition.

According to the police on Sunday, on the intervening night of October 18 and 19, at 03:34 am, a PCR call regarding admission of an unconscious man who has been admitted to a hospital was received at Anand Vihar police station.

Police suspect it could be a case of cardiac arrest but are awaiting more information to ascertain the cause of his death. A senior police officer said, “Police reached the Kailash Deepak Hospital but Arun Nanda, who is a resident of Jagatpuri, had already been declared dead by doctors.” 

He added that during inquiry, it was found that Nanda's friend was admitted to Kailash Deepak Hospital for slitting her veins with a sharp object in Anand Vihar area of Delhi's Shahdara.

"Initially we got to know that she had sent the video of the injury to his friend Arun by using a messaging application. After seeing her condition, Arun fainted in the hospital suddenly and was declared dead after being examined by doctors," the officer said.

Police said that Arun's body was sent to Subzi Mandi Mortuary for autopsy on Saturday and later was handed over to his family members after post-mortem. "During the post-mortem, the doctor has also preserved the viscera of the deceased.

 There were no allegations of any assault.