Former India Pacer David Johnson Falls From 4th-Floor Apartment, Dies

The body is taken for postmortem to the Ambedkar Medical College Hospital at Shampura main road,” it added.

Johnson, who was admitted to the St Philomena’s Hospital last week after complaining of acute stomach pain, was battling health issues for a while now.

“None of his family members have raised any suspicion. It was a ‘self-fall’ and there is no eyewitness to the incident. Neither, there was a suicide note,” the police said, adding a probe was nonetheless being conducted.

A senior police official later also informed that Johnson had been visiting a de-addiction centre in the city.

Earlier, a Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) official said Johnson was brought dead to a nearby hospital by the members of his family and friends.

“We were informed that he had fallen from the fourth floor of his apartment building. He was taken to a hospital but the doctors declared him brought dead,” the KSCA official told PTI.