Newlywed nurse Deekshya Dahal, 39, has tragically died after falling from the seventh-storey balcony of her apartment in Paramatta, Sydney’s west.
Emergency services found Dahal with catastrophic injuries in a garden bed below her Parramatta apartment on January 2. Despite swift response efforts, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dahal, a registered nurse who had recently married her husband, Labrinda Subedi, in Nepal, was seen hanging from the balcony just moments before the fatal fall.
According to The Daily Telegraph, a triple-0 call was made from Dahal’s phone two hours before her death. Muffled voices were heard during the call, prompting an operator to call back and speak to Subedi.
It is being reported that NSW Police were informed of the situation and planned to check on the couple, but before officers arrived, another triple-0 call came in—this time from a bystander who reported seeing Dahal dangling from the balcony.
Officers attached to Parramatta Police Area Command found Dahal on the street suffering multiple injuries and commenced CPR; however, they were unable to revived and Dahal died at the scene.
Subedi was questioned by detectives but later released without charges. His family described the incident as a “terrible accident,” with his brother-in-law Sushant saying,
“Labrinda is a broken man … they were in love, not long married, very happy … planned to have children. Now he has to plan a funeral.”
Superintendent Vincent confirmed the initial call did not warrant an emergency response but said a strike force had been established to investigate the two-hour delay before police arrived. The strike force will also examine the circumstances leading to Dahal’s death.
Investigators are currently reviewing CCTV footage from the apartment complex and neighbouring buildings as they piece together what happened.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence.
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