Odisha: RBI officer allegedly commits suicide in a hotel room

A General Manr of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday allegedly committed suicide at a hotel in Chandikhole within Barachana police limits in Jaipur district of Odisha. His body was found hanging from ceiling fan of his hotel room. 52-year-old man has been identified as Asish Ranjan Samal, a resident of Naraharipur vill in Jajpur district. He was working as GM in Guwahati branch of RBI in Assam.

Samal h come to his vill to meet his mor on October 24. reafter, he went to Bhubaneswar to meet his wife, a doctor at Kalinga Institute of Medical Science (KIIMS), and son, a 12th standard student. On same day, he returned to Chandikhole and checked into hotel, as per reports.

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According to reports, on Friday morning, hotel staff kcked at door of his room but he did t respond. When Samal did t open door until late in day, hotel staff called police. Barachana police reached hotel, broke open door and found Samal hanging from ceiling fan. His body was sent to hospital for postmortem.

exact reason behind Samal’s death is yet to be ascertained. A police official said investigation will reveal why he took extreme step. identity of man was confirmed by documents provided by Samal at time of check-in, Inspector-In-Charge of Barachana police station, Deepak Kumar Jena said.

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Ar Incident

Earlier on October 1, a Deputy General Manr with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) committed suicide by jumping from eighth floor of RBI building at Bandra-Kurla Complex. According to police, 51-year-old Sushant Kumar Patnaik left behind a suicide te stating that body was responsible for his death. Patnaik jumped from fire exit on eighth floor of his office building at around 1.30 pm. He was immediately rushed to Sion Hospital where he was declared de on arrival.

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"We found a letter in his pocket with words ' one is responsible'. It h his signature and date," said Police Sub-Inspector Shabbir Qazi of Bandra-Kurla Complex police station. "Many people were present in office, but since he was a senior officer, Patnaik h a cabin to himself and one suspected that he was about to take his life," he ded.

According to police, fire exit is usually deserted and hence possibility of someone seeing Patnaik and stopping him was low.

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