Evidence · Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990
Suicide suspected; police inquiry closed with no link found
Suicide was suspected at the inquest, which left the verdict open, and Avon and Somerset CID closed its inquiry having found no evidence linking his death to Sharif's or to Singh-Gida's disappearance.
What it means
Key questionWhich of the deaths remain unexplained after their inquests, and what would settle each one?
No evidence yet
No evidence yetunchanged
Part of itHow did Vimal Dajibhai come to fall from the Clifton Suspension Bridge on 5 August 1986?
2 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Still possiblewas No evidence yet
What it implies
- The investigators of the time leaned to suicide, though they could not prove intent.For: How did Vimal Dajibhai come to fall from the Clifton Suspension Bridge on 5 August 1986?
Next steps 2
1
Ask the Avon coroner for Dajibhai's inquest record
Could decidePoor odds
13score
Details
Request the 1986-87 inquest file (verdict, pathology, toxicology, the wound) from the Avon coroner or Bristol Archives; inquest records are usually closed for 75 years but the coroner can allow access. The pathology would separate suicide from an injection.
2
Read Vimal Dajibhai's inquest file
Could shiftFair odds~6 h
11score
Details
Request the Avon coroner's 1986–87 inquest papers on Vimal Dajibhai, or the Bristol Evening Post's inquest reports, for the evidence behind the open verdict and the reported puncture wound.
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 3
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Suicide suspected; police inquiry closed with no link found [Evidence EVD0DGGD5QZPDHX]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DGGD5QZPDHX
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year = {2026},
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