Mumbai: The police found a suicide note written in Gujarati where Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar was found dead. To translate and understand the note, the police has invited an expert and resident of Silvassa.
Senior Mumbai police official informed ABP Live that MP Mohan Delkar's suicide note was written on his official letter pad and was 15 pages long. The suicide note however was not addressed to anyone in particular. Mumbai Police so far has not recorded any statement regarding the case but will be calling in MP's family and driver in few days for their statements. Meanwhile, the Mumbai police and the forensic team are investigating circumstantial pieces of evidence.
According to sources, the note mentioned 'injustice', 'insult' and bias towards him. An Accidental Death Report or ADR has been registered but the police said that on further investigation if the note mentions anybody as the cause of death an abetment to suicide case will be registered against them.
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According to the police investigation, Mohan Delkar died by suicide after his body was found in a hotel room on Marine Drive on Monday. The 58-year old's body was then taken to JJ Hospital for forensic examination his viscera has been preserved for histopathological examination to ascertain the exact cause of the death. According to a PTI report, he was hanging from a ceiling fan. Delkar body was handed over to his family to be taken to Silvassa for the last rites.
Mohan Delkar served as a seven-term MP from the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Union Territory. Delkar was in May 2019 elected to the 17th Lok Sabha, his seventh term in the House. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice and also a member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs of the Lower House. According to the Lok Sabha website, Mohan Delkar has been in key positions since the year 1986. From 1986-89, he was General-Secretary of the Youth Congress from Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Delkar was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989. He is survived by his wife Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar and two children.