Mumbai Police form SIT to investigate minister’s aide in wife’s suicide case

Mumbai Police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to examine allegations of abetment of suicide against Anant Garje, personal assistant to Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde, officials said on Tuesday.

The eight-member team, established on 5 December, is being led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 4) Ragasudha R.

Garje was arrested last month following the death of his wife, 28-year-old dentist Dr Gauri Palve, who was found hanging in their Worli flat. Police have said preliminary information points to a domestic dispute.

A case was registered at Worli Police Station after Palve’s father filed a complaint, naming Garje and two of his relatives under charges of abetment of suicide.

The couple married earlier this year, in February. Palve worked at the civic-run KEM Hospital.

With PTI inputs