Encyclopedia Britanicca Official Commits Suicide in Gurgaon

Police recovered a suicide note from his pocket where he wrote that he is ending his life as he is fed up of himself.

Vineet Whig. (Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Vineet Whig)

A Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the South Asia division of Encyclopedia Britanicca jumped to his death from the 19th floor of his apartment in Gurgaon, The Times of India reported.

Forty-seven-year-old Vineet Whig’s body was found by sweepers at around 9 pm, following which the police was informed around 9:45 am.

In his suicide note, which has been recovered by the police, Whig said he decided to end his life as he was fed up with himself. Whig was also a wildlife photographer and his photos often featured in the National Geographic Traveller.

ACP Hawa Singh was quoted saying in The Times of India,

He left early in the morning for a walk but since he was a slow walker, his family assumed that he was still out on his walk when he didn’t return home. A security guard from the society told cops that he had gone to the C block on Saturday too. He probably was contemplating suicide since a day ago.

Whig is survived by his father, wife, two sons and a daughter.