Former bureaucrat, son commit suicide at Delhi residence

Prateek Chauhan

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 27

Former Director General Corporate Affairs BK Bansal, who was facing a CBI probe in a corruption case, allegedly committed suicide along with his son at their residence in East Delhi on Tuesday morning.

The development comes nearly two months after his wife and daughter committed suicide by hanging themselves from the ceiling fans at their residence in Nilkanth Apartments. The two had left separate suicide notes, saying the “CBI raid” caused “great humiliation” and they did not want to live.

They, however, held nobody responsible for their death.

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Bansal and his son were found dead in their apartment, sources said.

Bansal, an additional secretary-rank officer in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, was arrested by the CBI on July 16 for allegedly accepting bribe from a prominent pharmaceutical company. The CBI had carried out searches at eight locations in connection with the case during which the agency had claimed to have made cash recoveries.

He was later arrested but released on bail.

Police said Bansal and his son Yogesh allegedly hanged themselves and their bodies were discovered on Tuesday around 9 am by the maid, Rachna.

They have left two separate suicide notes and police are investigating the matter.

Bansal’s wife Satyabala (57) and daughter Neha (27) had committed suicide in July. The Additional DCP reached the crime scene and the bodies have been sent to hospital for post-mortem. With PTI