Mumbai Police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to examine allegations of abetment of suicide against Anant Garje, personal assistant to Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde, officials said on Tuesday.
The eight-member team, established on 5 December, is being led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 4) Ragasudha R.
PA to Maharashtra minister arrested for alleged abetment of wife’s suicideGarje was arrested last month following the death of his wife, 28-year-old dentist Dr Gauri Palve, who was found hanging in their Worli flat. Police have said preliminary information points to a domestic dispute.
A case was registered at Worli Police Station after Palve’s father filed a complaint, naming Garje and two of his relatives under charges of abetment of suicide.
The couple married earlier this year, in February. Palve worked at the civic-run KEM Hospital.
With PTI inputs
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