Maharashtra: Senior IRS officer commits suicide in Kharghar

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A customs superintendent allegedly committed suicide on August 25 by jumping in a pond near Taloja Jail in Kharghar. The body was first noticed by residents of the area. The officer has named six persons in his suicide note who are allegedly responsible for his drastic step. Kharghar cops have registered an Accidental Death Report.

On Friday morning, when few locals of Taloja noticed a dead body floating in a pond near Taloja jail, they subsequently alerted Navi Mumbai control room, after which ops fished out the dead body and sent it to nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. The deceased was identified as Mayank Singh, 38. When cops reached to his residence a suicide note was found.

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The deceased reportedly blamed a senior IRS officer and three importers for harassment. Deceased has named one senior official and five other customs officers including importers for pressuring him to release import consignments in the customs bond warehouse without penalties and customs levies when he was posted at Nhava Sheva Jawaharlal Nehru customs house (JNCH).