MP Mohan Delkar's suicide case in Mumbai has caused a commotion in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday. CM Uddhav Thackeray had announced that strict action would be taken against those mentioned in the suicide note written by Mohan Delkar.
Speaking in the Assembly today, state Opposition Leader Devendra Fadnavis claimed that the BJP leader's name was not in Delkar's suicide note. State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh today rejected Fadnavis' claim.
"Praful Khoda Patel, who forced MP Mohan Delkar to commit suicide, was once a close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Anil Deshmukh claimed in the Assembly. After which there was a commotion in the house. The BJP rejected all the allegations and accused the state government of working for political gain. In the said suicide note, Delkar has named Mr. Patel and a few other officials for harassing him
Anil Deshmukh presented a statement in the Assembly on the Mohan Delkar case. "Delkar has written a suicide note. It mentions a name. Prafulla Khoda Patel, administrator of Dadra-Nagar Haveli is mentioned. I was harassed under the pressure of some officials including Patel.I was having problems. Through Patel, I was receiving threats that my social life would be disrupted. That is why I am committing suicide," read Anil Deshmukh in a suicide note written by Delkar. Praful Khoda Patel, mentioned in Delkar's suicide note, is working as an administrator in Dadra-Nagar Haveli. He was earlier the Home Minister of Gujarat.
Deshmukh in the state Assembly on Tuesday announced that, MP Mohan Delkar suicide case will be investigated by Special Investigation Team (SIT). Maharashtra Government will form an SIT for investigation.
The body of Mohan Delkar, independent MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli Union Territory, was found at a sea-facing hotel in south Mumbai's Marine Drive last month. A long suicide note, written in Gujarati, has also been recovered from his room. The leader is survived by his wife and two children. The seven-time MP was born in December 1962 in Silvassa in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.