Mumbai: Maharashtra will type a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of Mohan Delkar, a seven-time MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh introduced within the Assembly right here on Tuesday. The Mumbai Police have registered an unintentional death report after Delkar was discovered hanging from the ceiling fan of a non-public resort at Marine Drive on February 22, sparking off a serious controversy within the political circles.
Deshmukh`s important announcement got here a day after the Centre abruptly handed over the probe into the deserted SUV Scorpio with 20 gelatin sticks discovered close to the house of industrialist Mukesh Ambani to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Soon after that, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had termed the Centre`s transfer as “something fishy” and concurrently introduced that the state authorities would get to the underside of Delkar`s suicide.
Deshmukh additional knowledgeable that Delkar`s widow, Kalaben Delkar, and son Abhinav had requested him and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities to conduct an intensive investigation, at the same time as BJP Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis slammed the federal government for “gloating” over the MP coming to Mumbai to finish his life.
Earlier, Congress and Shiv Sena had demanded a full-fledged investigation into Delkar`s suicide and claimed that he took the acute step in Mumbai as he had religion that he may get justice from the MVA authorities.
In a suicide observe left behind by Delkar, he had named Praful Okay Patel, the Administrator of the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, and others for allegedly harassing him and attempting to end off his political profession and different points.
“He was a seven-time MP, who was being constantly harassed,” Deshmukh added, saying the federal government will go deeply into the matter to reveal the culprits.
It could also be recalled that initially of the continued Budget session, CM Thackeray had solicited assist from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah if the Mumbai Police wanted to go and probe the Independent MP`s case in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.