An assistant police inspector attached to the Raigad police headquarters is believed to have committed suicide in the police rest house on Friday.
Prashant Kanerkar had been transferred to Raigad from the State Intelligence Department, Mumbai in June, and was staying in the police rest house as he was yet to get a place to stay.
“He had a night shift on Thursday, and when a staff knocked on the door on Friday morning, there was no response. The staff assumed he was sleeping, and came back in the afternoon, but there was still no response. He did not answer his phone either. Finally, the staff climbed up to the window of his room on the first floor and peeped in, to find him dead. The Alibaug police were informed and they broke open the door and conducted panchnama of the spot. There are chances that he committed suicide in the morning but we got to know only around 7.30 p.m.,” Sachin Gunjal, Additional Superintendent of Police, Raigad, said.
The police found a suicide note in his room. “We have decided not to reveal the content of the note till we speak to the family and get their consent,” Mr. Gunjal said. After the post-mortem examination on Saturday, the body was handed over to the family in Dadar for last rites.
Kanerkar had joined application department of Raigad control room on June 19, and was on sick leave from August 5 to 15. After resuming duty, he did not submit any medical papers and hence it is not clear for what health issue the leave was taken. Kanerkar, who joined police department in 1989 as constable, is survived by his wife, who is a home maker, a son aged 17, and a 14-year-old daughter.
