The Delhi police has started “inquest proceedings” into the death of ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal on Thursday.
Considering the sensitivity of the case, the suicide case has been handed over to the Crime Branch of Delhi police, said a senior police official.
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 on Thursday had 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.
“The case has been transferred from New Delhi district to Crime Branch keeping in mind the sensitivity of the matter. District police, especially the New Delhi district police, is usually busy with law and order duties. The New Delhi district is a sensitive area,” said another senior police officer. Grewal had come to the city apparently to submit a memorandum.
