BANGALORE : The top test pilot and the honcho of the multi million dollar government enterprise, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited , Sqn Ldr (Retd) Baldev Singh was found hanged by the turban cloth near Nandi Hills, 60 kms from Bangalore. The 58 year old was found hanged on a tree near the temple at the foot of Nandi Hills.
There was reportedly no suicide notes near the body or at the residence of Mr. Singh. The director is reported to have left his house with the driver and had dropped him at Devanahalli and asked him to wait.
The former Air Force combat pilot who graduated to a high-profile test pilot and later a honcho with HAL, heading its corporate planning and marketing wing, had left his Old Madras Road home at 8am in his silver-colour Maruti SX-4 driven by his driver Ramesh. He had asked the driver to go towards the international airport.
As the news of Singh's death reached the Senior Officers' Enclave where he lived, his wife Vibhu Singh fainted and had to be admitted to the Command Hospital . Singh is survived by his wife and sons Mohit Singh, who works in the US, and Nimith Singh, who is in Singapore . The body was brought to his house late night.
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