The deputy director of tourism department, Uttar Pradesh government, died by suicide at his housing society on Tuesday, police said. Vimlesh Kumar Audichya, 59, had resigned last year due to work pressure, but was asked to stay until March 31, they added. Vimlesh submitted his resignation in December after he was told that he was being transferred to Lucknow.

The security guards at Tara Gagan housing society, Tilak Nagar, found Vimlesh in a pool of blood on the premises of building no. 95. He lived on the second floor of B wing along with his wife Rama and a son, said police. The guards informed Rama and Vimlesh was rushed to Rajawadi Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. Doctors cited polytrauma—when a person sustains multiple injuries — as the preliminary reason for his death.