One of the relatives of the deceased farmer, whose mobile phone number was found on Singh's call log, has told police that he was asked by him to switch on his TV as "something big was going to happen".
"The relative, who lives in Singh's native village in Dausa of Rajasthan, received a call from him at around 1 P.M. (on April 22). Singh had told him, 'TV kholo, dekho kuch bada hone wala hai' (switch on your TV, something big is going to happen)," said a senior police official associated with the probe.
Some others who came into contact with Singh before he climbed a tree and tied a towel round his neck in the moments preceding the tragedy are also being questioned to determine whether he had showed any suicidal tendency.
Two eyewitnesses who had seen him climb the tree and three AAP workers who had scrambled up to bring Singh down are also being questioned, added police.
Police are also analysing Singh's movements after he left his Dausa home to reach Jantar Mantar. "All this will help us find out whether he had reached there to commit suicide or if it was an accidental death," they added.
"As far as I know, Delhi Police has not sent any report to Delhi government. There have been some letters exchanged between the New Delhi DCP and the area's District Magistrate. As I have told you earlier, there is a confidentiality in this sort of communication and it will not be appropriate to reveal it," Bassi told reporters here today.
He said that information would be shared "whenever there is anything in the course of investigation worth sharing".
New Delhi district DM Sanjay Kumar said they "will submit the report of the investigation on Friday".
Singh, a 41-year-old farmer from Rajasthan, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree during an AAP rally against the land ordinance. In a note scribbled by him, Singh said he was thrown out of his home by his father after suffering crop loss.
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