Chandrapur: The investigators are zeroing in on suicide angle in the death of renowned social worker Baba Amte’s granddaughter Dr Sheetal Amte.
Dr Sheetal Amte-Karajgi, 39, who was CEO of Maharogi Seva Samiti at Anandwan, founded by Baba Amte, had died on Monday morning under suspicious circumstances at her residence.
Police sources say based on extensive questioning of the witnesses and evidences gathered from the scene, the investigators have ruled out homicide angle in the case.
It is widely speculated that Dr Sheetal had committed suicide by injecting herself with lethal dose of some medicine. The investigators are, however, not ready to reveal the details of the post mortem report considering the high-profile nature of the case.
Statements of family members present in the house when Dr Sheetal died, maids, medicine suppliers etc have been recorded by the police.
Though the police have not recovered suicide note, they are trying to analyse the contents in Dr Sheetal’s mobile, tablet/laptop which may hold some clue. As the electronic devices are password protected, these gadgets were handed over to cyber experts in Nagpur. As the experts in Nagpur failed to crack the password, the police will be sending these devices to experts in Mumbai police.
Warora SDPO Nilesh Pande claimed the police had recovered a syringe beside Dr Sheetal’s body, and it has been sent to forensic lab to ascertain whether blood on its needle is that of the deceased.
Cops are also trying to corroborate the findings of the post mortem report with the evidences found at the scene and statements of the witnesses.