Buxar District Magistrate Mukesh Pandey was found dead on the tracks near the Ghaziabad railway station on Thursday evening. It is suspected that he committed suicide, the police said.
Mr. Pandey was a 2012 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre.
According to the police, Mr. Pandey sent a WhatsApp message to a few near and dear ones informing them that he was going to take the extreme step and his suicide note will be found in a hotel in west Delhi.
“I am committing suicide in district centre area of janakpuri west delhi near hotel Piccadilly by jumping off the 10th floor of the building (sic),” he wrote in the message.
“I am fed up with life and my belief on human existence has gone, my suicide note is kept in Nike bag in room 742 of Leela Palace Hotel in delhi! I am sorry I love you all! Plz forgive me!” he added.
Police fail to find him
The Delhi Police were immediately informed after which they went to the location mentioned in the message but failed to find him.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Vijay Kumar said his team received information around 6:30 p.m. that the IAS officer may have commit suicide after which they reached the district centre.
“We were informed by his friends and batch mates, but when we reached we found no such call or incident. All the CCTV footage was checked and in one of them, he can be seen leaving West End Mall around 5:55p.m.,” he said.
Metro station
When the police checked a few more CCTV footage, they found him moving towards a Metro station.
Mr. Kumar said around 9 p.m., they were informed that his body had been found on the tracks near the Ghaziabad station.
