A 57-year-old developer, Paras Porwal, jumped to his death from the terrace of his 22-storey residential building near Chinchpokli railway station on Thursday morning. According to the police, Porwal had written a suicide note, stating that he had suffered losses after a few of his projects got stalled and that investors were behind him.

The realtor—whose firm Om Shanti Group has developed many Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) projects in Dadar, Worli, Kalachowki and Chembur—also left a message for his wife and children, cautioning them about the risks associated with SRA projects and advising them to opt for private development projects instead. He also wrote that no one should be held responsible for his actions nor should anyone be questioned in connection with his death.