Himanshu Roy shot self in mouth, wrote on cancer fight in suicide note

May 12, 2018 10:40

Himanshu Roy shot himself in the mouth and the wound was visible right up to his skull, said a doctor, as his colleagues and others struggled to come to terms with the high-profile Maharashtra police officer's suicide.

A handwritten suicide note has indicated that the officer, who was battling cancer, had been depressed and killed himself out of "frustration" over his health.

Gautam Bhansali, a doctor at Mumbai's Bombay Hospital, also said Himanshu Roy "looked much thinner compared to what he was before and he had even grown a beard".

Himanshu Roy, Additional Director General of Police (Establishment), allegedly shot himself with his licensed revolver at his home in Mumbai's Nariman Point around 12.40 pm.

Mumbai police, citing his suicide note, said the 1988-batch Indian Police Service officer took the extreme step out of "frustration" due to his prolonged battle with cancer.

"Mr Roy had been on medical leave for the last two years and the suicide note, in his own handwriting, makes it clear that he ended his life out of frustration due to this illness," a police statement said.

The 54-year-old lived with his wife and mother.

As chief of the anti-terror squad or ATS, Roy handled major cases including 26/11, the 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing, the 2012 murder of lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha and the J Dey murder.

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