Navi Mumbai Builder Suicide: 2 Police Constables With Drug Cartel Links Arrested

Navi Mumbai: Three days after the suicide of the father of a drug cartel kingpin, Navi Mumbai police have made a breakthrough in the drug cartel by detaining two police constables attached to the department. As per the police sources, one constable is attached to Kharghar police station, and the other is attached to the anti-narcotics unit of the Navi Mumbai police department.

About The Case

Gurunath Chichkar (50) shot himself on Friday morning at his office, which is in the same building where he resides. A builder by profession, Chichkar left a note behind mentioning his frustration with the investigating agencies that had been summoning him after his elder son, Naveen, was found to be involved in drug cases. Chichkar used a 9mm pistol to shoot himself at around 7 am on the ground floor of his building.

In a three-page letter that he typed, addressed to NCB, he mentioned his struggles of how he reached Mumbai and how he turned into a builder with hard work, and it was around five years back, that he learnt that his elder son was involved in a drug cartel, which broke him completely. He said that when his younger son was named, it was unbearable for him. He further mentions that his wife and his younger son had nothing to do with the drug cartels.

Meanwhile, the police sources have confirmed that one of his sons was operating the drug cartel from Malaysia, and the two policemen were a part of the cartel.

Further details from the official are awaited.

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