# How did Vimal Dajibhai come to fall from the Clifton Suspension Bridge on 5 August 1986? · Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990 > Two answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Two are still possible. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGG9Y36Z2SZ/how-did-vimal-dajibhai-come-to-fall-from-the-clifton Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-11-03T21:23:42+00:00 --- **0** # How did Vimal Dajibhai come to fall from the Clifton Suspension Bridge on 5 August 1986? Asked 3 Nov 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·Part of [Which of the deaths remain unexplained after their inquests, and what would settle each one?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGG9P56CQK6/which-of-the-deaths-remain-unexplained-after-their-inquests)·2 answers·0·0 following **Two answers, none ahead** None is ahead yet. See what would settle it. ## Where it stands Two answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Two are still possible. ## Why it matters The first case to draw attention: an open verdict, no known reason to be in Bristol, and a puncture wound the coroner's office called a mystery. ## Answers 2 [**Killed by someone else** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/answers/ANS0DGGB4HV6266/killed-by-someone-else) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 1 for Still possible [**Suicide, as police and coroner suspected** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/answers/ANS0DGGB4C31PXS/suicide-as-police-and-coroner-suspected) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 1 for Still possible ## Next steps 2 1 Ask the Avon coroner for Dajibhai's inquest record Could decidePoor odds **13** score 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 **11** score 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 ## History 1. 1987[House of Commons: suicide suspected; police inquiry closed with no link found](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG587N39BE/deaths-bristol-written-answer-house-of-commons-23-march-1987)For: Suicide, as police and coroner suspected 1. 1987[Tyler Marshall: an unexplained puncture wound and no known reason to be in Bristol](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG6K49BE92/their-firm-linked-to-star-wars-british-scientists-deaths)For: Killed by someone else 1. 1988[House of Commons: suicide suspected; police inquiry closed with no link found](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG5N0TNBHY/inquests-police-investigations-written-answer-house-of)For: Suicide, as police and coroner suspected 1. 1988[Marcus Eliason: suicide suspected; police inquiry closed with no link found](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG68J10XD6/coincidence-or-conspiracy)For: Suicide, as police and coroner suspected 1. 1988[Marcus Eliason: an unexplained puncture wound and no known reason to be in Bristol](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG68J10XD6/coincidence-or-conspiracy)For: Killed by someone else 1. 1988[Howard Witt: an unexplained puncture wound and no known reason to be in Bristol](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG6JXTCFY6/scientists-deaths-mystify-british)For: Killed by someone else 1. 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