India, Jan. 5 -- A 50-year-old man died after jumping from the upper floors of a five-star hotel in central Delhi's Connaught Place area on Sunday afternoon. The incident took place at Le Meridien Hotel. The man, identified as Parvinder Singh Juneja, a resident of southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar, allegedly jumped from the 12th floor of the building. Police said the man died on the spot due to the impact of the fall.

Police received information about the incident at around 12.30 pm, following which teams from the local police station rushed to the hotel. The area around the hotel was immediately cordoned off to ensure public safety and to facilitate the investigation, officials said.

According to preliminary findings, Juneja entered the h...