Delhi man gets girlfriend's self-harm video, dies after rushing her to hospital

Police suspect it could be case of cardiac arrest but are awaiting more information to ascertain the cause of his death.

In Short

• Man dies after rushing girlfriend to hospital
• Police suspect cardiac arrest, await confirmation
• Incident occurred at Anand Vihar, Delhi

A 30-year-man collapse and dies shortly after he rushed his girlfriend to hospital on receiving a video of her slitting her wrist, police said on Sunday.

Police suspect it could be case of cardiac arrest but are awaiting more information to ascertain the cause of his death.

According to police, on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, a PCR call was received at 3.34 am at Anand Vihar police station regarding an unconscious man who has been admitted to a hospital.

Police reached the Kailash Deepak Hospital but Arun Nanda had already been declared dead by doctors, a senior police officer said.

During inquiry, it was found that Nanda's friend, a resident of Jagatpuri, was admitted to Kailash Deepak Hospital for slitting her wrist with a sharp object in Anand Vihar area of Delhi's Shahdara, the officer said.

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

"During the post-mortem, the doctor has also preserved the viscera of the deceased. There were no allegations of assault," police said.