‘Fed up of system’, Buxar DM Mukesh Pandey commits suicide in Ghaziabad
The Delhi Police were thrown into a tizzy on Thursday when they were informed that an IAS officer from Bihar had gone missing in the city and that he planned to end his life. The personnel had been on their toes for nearly six hours when the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Ghaziabad informed them that Mukesh Pandey, the Buxar District Magistrate (DM), had been found.
It was far from good news, however, as the DM could not be saved in time. His severely mutilated body was spotted on the railway tracks in the district.
Around 6 pm, Pandey’s family members had called senior Bihar police officers, telling them that they had received a message from him, in which he stated that he was going to kill himself. In the message, Pandey also conveyed that he was fed up with the system and his life, and that he would be jumping to his death from a Janakpuri shopping mall.
Without a moment’s delay, the Bihar officers contacted the Delhi Police, after which the west district authorities were alerted, and a police team was rushed to the identified shopping mall.
“When he could not be found, the CCTV footage was checked, in which the DM …read more
