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Top Britannica executive allegedly leaps to death in Gurgaon

| | May 16, 2016, at 07:49 pm
Gurgaon, May 16 (IBNS) A senior executive working with Encyclopaedia Britannica allegedly committed suicide by jumping within a deep shaft of the apartment building where he lived in Gurgaon, reports said.

Vineet Whig, the Chief Operating Officer for Britannica, was found inside the shaft with a suicide note in his pocket. He reportedly jumped into it from the 19th floor.

Whig, 47, had earlier worked with IT giant Wipro.

Whig is survived by his wife and three children.
#Vineet Whig # Encyclopaedia Britannica # Suicide

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