Mumbai Police registers FIR in MP Mohan Delkar's death case
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The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR on charge of abetment to suicide, and provisions of Atrocities act in connection with the death of Lok Sabha member Mohan Delkar, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
Delkar (58), a seven-term MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli Union Territory, was found dead in a hotel in Marine Drive area of South Mumbai on February 22.
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SIT will probe the matter
"The police had recovered a 15-page suicide note from Delkar's hotel room which was written on his letterhead," the official said, adding the note mentioned some names.
Speaking during the State Assembly session, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday announced that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will probe the alleged suicide of Delkar.
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Case registered against the administrator of Union Territory, six others
"The FIR was registered on Tuesday after Delkar's family members visited the Marine Drive Police Station and lodged a complaint," the official said.
According to Indian Express, the case has been registered against the administrator of the Union Territory Praful Khoda Patel and six others, including the collector and the Superintendent of Police.
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Delkar's wife and son met Uddhav Thackeray
Deshmukh also said that Delkar's suicide note stated that Patel was harassing the MP. Delkar's wife and son met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai on Tuesday. Delkar's son, Abhinav Delkar, claimed that Patel left no stone unturned to humiliate the deceased.