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Ex CBI Director Ashwani Kumar Dies By Suicide

Jubilee news desk

Former governor of Manipur and Nagaland and ex-CBI director Ashwani Kumar found dead in his Shimla house left a note for his family that attributed his decision to “disease and disability”, Himachal Pradesh police chief Sanjay Kundu said.

He was 69 years old. His body was found hung to the ceiling by his son and daughter-in-law at 7:10pm on Wednesday when they broke open two doors to enter the attic where he meditated in the evening.  Kumar, the 1973-batch Indian Police Service officer, he died with a suicide note quoting,

 “ I am ending my life.Everyone be happy.

My soul is embarking on a new journey”

Kumar’s wife mentioned that he visited Mall Road and Kalibari temple in the afternoon the same day of suicide. His body was moved to the Indira Gandhi Medical College for the post mortem examination and initiated inquest proceedings under section 174CrPc (Suicide).  Autopsy to  be carried out on Thursday morning, concluded by the DGP.

Ashwani Kumar was the Himachal Pradesh police chief from 2006 till 2008 when he returned to the Central Bureau of Investigation to lead the investigation agency.

Kumar led the central investigation agency from August 2008 to November 2010. It was during his tenure as the CBI chief that the investigation agency arrested Union home minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. The 22 accused who faced trial in this case were acquitted in December 2018.

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