NAVI MUMBAI: A 38-year-old Customs superintendent allegedly took his own life by jumping into a pond near Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai. His body was found afloat in the pond on Friday.
According to a senior Navi Mumbai Police officer, Mayank Singh, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, left a concise one-page suicide note. In the note, he pointed fingers at six individuals, including three Customs officials, for subjecting him to continuous harassment.
The police have formally recorded the incident as an accidental death and are in the process of investigating the matter from various perspectives. No individuals have been charged with abetment to suicide at this point.
The police officer revealed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had lodged a case against Singh the prior week.
The case accused him of allegedly granting clearance to an import consignment without the appropriate customs duties. Merely two days before his demise, the CBI had conducted searches at Singh’s residence and the residences of others involved, following the registration of a corruption case.
“After registration of the case, Singh was feeling low due to which he might have taken the extreme step,” the officer claimed.
The allegation against Singh is he had received bribes from two firms for releasing their goods without allowing the Customs department to collect a Rs 14.5 lakh fine. The goods were held up by the Customs Intelligence Unit at the bond warehouse of JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust) in Raigad.
(With inputs from PTI)
According to a senior Navi Mumbai Police officer, Mayank Singh, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, left a concise one-page suicide note. In the note, he pointed fingers at six individuals, including three Customs officials, for subjecting him to continuous harassment.
The police have formally recorded the incident as an accidental death and are in the process of investigating the matter from various perspectives. No individuals have been charged with abetment to suicide at this point.
The police officer revealed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had lodged a case against Singh the prior week.
The case accused him of allegedly granting clearance to an import consignment without the appropriate customs duties. Merely two days before his demise, the CBI had conducted searches at Singh’s residence and the residences of others involved, following the registration of a corruption case.
“After registration of the case, Singh was feeling low due to which he might have taken the extreme step,” the officer claimed.
The allegation against Singh is he had received bribes from two firms for releasing their goods without allowing the Customs department to collect a Rs 14.5 lakh fine. The goods were held up by the Customs Intelligence Unit at the bond warehouse of JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust) in Raigad.
(With inputs from PTI)