In a tragic incident, a 45-year-old murder convict out on parole committed suicide by jumping down from fifth floor of the high-security Mantralaya, the State secretariat in south Mumbai.
One Harshal Suresh Raote was rushed to the nearby State to St. George Hospital, where he was declared dead on admission around 6 pm. State Education Minister Vinod Tawade said that the police would investigate if there was any foul play in the incident. Following the incident, the Police registered a case and arte investigating the case. ” We are examining the CCTV footage and investigating the motives behind the extreme step taken by Raote,” said officer.
Meanwhile, the police recovered a purported suicide note in which late Raote has stated, he was unhappy with the quantum of jail sentence and wanted help from the State home department in the matter.
Raote was associated with an NGO and working for the Maharashtra Rajya Vidhi Seva Pradhikaran, and lodged in an Aurangabad Jail.
Raote had been sentenced to 14 years in 2014 for the murder of his sister-in-law in 2003.