A 2011-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer was found dead near his house in south Delhi’s Chanakyapuri on Friday.

No note was recovered from the deceased, 42-year-old Jitendra Rawat, who was a director at the Overseas Employment and Protector General of Emigrants in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said an officer.

The MEA, in a statement, said that “it stands with the family in this hour of grief and difficulty” and that it is providing all possible assistance to the deceased’s family and is in touch with the police.

The officer said that they received a call at 6.20 a.m. from the security guard of the MEA residential complex in Chanakyapuri, where Rawat lived with his 70-year-old mother. “He was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead,” said the officer.

Those in distress may contact Sanjivini, Society for Mental Health suicide prevention helpline 011-40769002.