Ghatkopar cops race against time to prevent suicide

It was a race against time for Ghatkopar police when they received a call from a local resident, informing that her 36-year-old nephew had posted a suicide note on Facebook and was missing. Working swiftly, police traced the man to the forest behind Hiranandani Powai and stopped him from taking the extreme step.

Police said the man was counselled and sent home in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, and his family was also informed. At 5 pm on Sunday, Meera Jadhav, a resident of Golibar Road in Ghatkopar West, reached out to police saying her nephew Paramdev Ahirrao, an advocate, had gone missing from her home. He had posted a suicide note on his Facebook account and was not seen in the vicinity for a couple of hours.

Senior Inspector Jitendra Agarkar and Inspector Mahesh Kokate formed a team to track him down. "We started technical analysis, but he was switching his phone on and off. We knew that he was entering a jungle area behind Hiranandani Powai. A team was formed to comb the jungle and find him," said an officer.

After searching for two hours, Ahirrao was tracked to a prohibited helipad in the forest. "We received the information around 5 pm and tracked him down at 8 pm. The search op got difficult, as it was pitch dark, but our men managed to track him down," said Agarkar. Ahirrao had been living in Ghatkopar for the past one and a half months. Police said that he was avoiding returning home in Nashik due to some monetary disputes.