Two weeks after the death of Mohan Delkar, MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, in Mumbai, the Marine Drive police on Tuesday registered a case of abetment to suicide against the administrator of the Union territory, Praful Khoda Patel, and six others.
Delkar was found hanging in a room at Hotel Sea Green South in Marine Drive on February 22.
He had left a 15-page suicide note in which he had named Patel, the police said. Officials further said that he had also named the collector and superintendent of police.
The abetment case was registered after Delkar’s son Abhinav made a statement to the police.
“I had come to Mumbai and met the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, and Home Minister of Maharashtra. They assured me that they will help in giving justice to my family,” Abhinav told a publication.
The son then went to Marine Drive police station at 5 pm, where his statement was recorded till 10 pm by Assistant Commissioner of Police Pandurang Shinde, and an FIR was registered.
The FIR came hours after the Maharashtra government announced in the state Assembly that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) would be set up to probe the suicide.
Surjitt Sahani
