Mumbai Police has registered a case against Dadra and Nagar Haveli administrator Praful Khoda Patel under the Atrocities Act in connection with Mohan Delkar's suicide.
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.
The FIR was registered on Tuesday after Delkar’s family members visited the Marine Drive police station and lodged a complaint, the official said. The police registered the case under the charge of abetment to suicide and provisions of the Atrocities Act, the official said.
The police had recovered a 15-page suicide note from Delkar’s hotel room which was written on his letter head, the official said, adding the note mentioned some names. Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday announced that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will probe the alleged suicide of Delkar.
On Tuesday, the Maharashtra government said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) shall be set up to probe Delkar's death.