IMAGE: Malaika and Amrita Arora with their parents, Joyce Arora and Anil Mehta. Photograph: Kind courtesy Malaika Arora/Instagram

Malaika Arora’s father Anil Mehta died after he fell from the sixth floor of a building in Bandra, north west Mumbai.

Police rushed to the spot and shifted him to a hospital where he was declared dead before arrival.

The exact reason behind the incident was not yet known, the official said.

The police have stated that the death of Anil Mehta ‘prima facie looks like a suicide and all angles in the case are being investigated.’

Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Branch Raj Tilak Roshan informed the media that the body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem. He added that the teams of police and forensic are carrying out the investigation.

“Body of one Anil Mehta, 62, was found. He resided on the sixth floor. We are carrying out further investigation and our team is here. We are investigating all angles in detail. Our teams are here, forensic teams are here as well. Body is being taken for postmortem,” Roshan said.

“We are investigating everything in detail. Prima facie it seems to be suicide, we are conducting further investigation,” the DCP added.

Malaika was reportedly in Pune, when the incident happened and she rushed back to Mumbai.