Ex-serviceman's suicide case handed over to Crime Branch

November 03, 2016 21:12

The suicide case of ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal which triggered a political row has been handed over to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police, considering "the sensitivity of the matter".

Special Commissioner of Police-Crime Taj Hassan confirmed the development and said the Crime Branch has initiated inquest proceedings in the case.

The 70-year-old ex-serviceman from Haryana's Bhiwani district consumed poison in the lawns behind Jawahar Bhavan, which houses some offices of the Ministry of External Affairs, on November 1. He was rushed to RML Hospital where he died later.

Grewal's suicide had yesterday snowballed into a huge political showdown in the capital with Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi being detained twice by Delhi Police amid high drama and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also being detained by the policemen.

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