Dubai: Dubai Police is investigating the cause behind the alleged suicide of an Asian winch driver, this Friday.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Ahmad Humaid Al MerrI, Director of the criminal investigation division of Dubai Police, there was no criminal intent behind the suicide as many laborers at the construction site in Jebel Ali witnessed the incident.
The suicide took place in the afternoon when the 35-year-old Asian employee at the construction site got on to the winch which reached 15 storeys high and jumped.
Based on investigations by the police, before the incident, it is believed he called his supervisor to tell him he will commit suicide after receiving a call from his home country.
"We are still investigating the reasons behind the suicide as the person did not have any debts or financial problems and had a decent salary. Around 60 workers were interrogated at the work site with several of them witnessing the incident," he said.
The supervisor is believed to have tried relentlessly over the phone to persuade the worker from taking the extreme step.
The case is still under investigation, he said.
