A DEUTSCHE Bank stockbroker killed himself by leaping from the roof terrace of Coq d’Argent restaurant on Sunday, two years after another City worker died in a similar incident at the restaurant.<br /><br />Anjool Malde was said to have feared for his job after being told to leave work early on Friday due to an inquiry into an IT matter.<br /><br />The 24-year-old, known as “Jools”, also founded AlphaParties, an events firm aimed at young professionals.<br /><br />Colleagues left tributes to the popular party-organiser via a group on social networking site Facebook.<br /><br />“Anjool was destined for greatness,” said one. “He was a firebrand, a gentleman and possessed the greatest of gifts – a civic responsibility. He will be greatly missed.”<br /><br />Deutsche Bank confirmed Malde had been asked to leave work at 3pm on Friday but said explicitly he had not been suspended.<br /><br />“We are deeply saddened by our colleague’s death, and our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this time,” the bank said in a statement.<br /><br />Malde, a keen guitarist and singer, was also devastated by the death of his idol Michael Jackson. “I spent 24 hours perpetually teary-eyed upon hearing about the death of someone I’d never even met,” he wrote in a poignant tribute to the singer just 11 days ago.<br /><br />In 2007, another City worker died after falling from Coq d’Argent’s roof terrace onto the roof of a London bus.
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City banker's death plunge
