Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar found dead in Mumbai hotel

17:02 February 22

Suicide note found

According to sources, the police found a suicide note from the spot where Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar was found dead. The suicide note was written in Gujarati. 

15:41 February 22

Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar found dead

Mumbai (Maharashtra): Lok Sabha MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mohan Delkar, was found dead in a hotel in Mumbai, police said on Monday.

According to reports, a suicide note in Gujarati was found from the spot.

The body of Delkar (58), a seven-term MP from the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Union Territory, was found at a Marine Drive hotel in south Mumbai, a police official said.

Meanwhile, his body has been sent for postmortem, and further investigation is currently underway.

Delkar, who was born in December 1962 in Silvassa, was in May 2019 elected to the 17th Lok Sabha, his seventh term in the House.

He was a member of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice and also a member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs of the Lower House.  

Delkar is survived by his wife and two children.

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