Former IAS officer BK Bansal, son end life, blame CBI officers in suicide note

Their bodies were found in different rooms of the flat and they had also left suicide notes, said DCP (East) Rishi Pal.

Update: 2016-09-27 18:57 GMT
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New Delhi: Barely two months after his wife and daughter allegedly committed suicide, former director-general of corporate affairs B.K. Bansal, who was facing a CBI probe in a corruption case, and his son Yogesh were found hanging from the ceiling fans at their Nilkanth Apartments flat in East Delhi on Tuesday.

Their bodies were found in different rooms of the flat and they had also left suicide notes, said DCP (East) Rishi Pal. The former DG and Yogesh took their lives two months after Bansal’s wife and daughter hanged themselves.

Suicide note names CBI officers
The former DG and Yogesh took their lives two months after Bansal’s wife Satyabala, 58, and daughter Neha, 28, allegedly hanged themselves from ceiling fans at their flat after leaving separate suicide notes.

"Two separate suicide notes were recovered. They said that the CBI raid caused them great humiliation in the society and they did not want to live any more. Bansal and Yogesh have named some CBI officials in their suicide notes and alleged harassment by CBI officials. The suicide notes will be sent to the CBI. No case has been filed in this regard," the DCP (East) said.

The DCP added no case of abetment to suicide had been filed against any person in the case so far, but an investigation had been ordered. If needed, action will be taken, he said. Inquest proceedings under Section 174 CrPC has been initiated, and the bodies had been sent for post-mortem, he said.
The CBI said in a statement it was "deeply saddened".

"We are deeply saddened to know the unfortunate demise of B.K. Bansal and his son on Tuesday. The matter is being looked into by the local police rightaway," CBI spokesman R.K. Gaur said.

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