27 February,2009 09:04 AM IST | | Vinod Kumar Menon
Leaves behind suicide note accusing his girlfriend of harassing him, Vinod Kumar Menon reports
Government Railway Protection (GRP) Additional Superintendent of Police Mujib Usman Karjatkar (35) shot himself dead on Wednesday, after an alleged failed extra-marital affair with Jamila Shaikh, a steno-typist in the office of Additional Commissioner of Police (South Region) Pune City.
Karjatkar left behind a suicide note (see box), which says he took the extreme step, because Jamila had been harassing him for some months. Preliminary inquires carried out by Ajni police station in Nagpur reveal that Karjatkar fired a round from his service revolver around 11.45 pm. He was rushed to a medical college nearby, where the doctors declared him dead.
Blame game
A police team from Ajni police station will soon be leaving for Pune to record the statement of Jamila. Fauzia, Karjatkar's wife, refused to comment on the alleged relationship between her late husband and Jameela.u00a0 "Jamila has ruined my family. I want justice," Fauzia said.
Meanwhile, Jamila registered a police complaint with Vishrambaug police on February 17 stating that Fauzia's relatives have been making threatening calls to her.
Senior inspector C D Jadhav from the police station said he was investigating the complaint.
When this reporter contacted Jamila over the phone, she refused to comment, and said that she was in a hospital.
Karjatkar was transferred to Nagpur abruptly from Bhuldana district around two months ago.
A gold medallist in MSc (agriculture), Karjatkar joined the police force eight years ago and topped the Maharashtra Public Service Examinations. His first posting in the force was at Pune, and it was during his tenure in Pune city that he got acquainted with Jamila.
| Excerpts of suicide note in English I, M U Karjatkar, presently working as Additional Commissioner Police, Nagpur Railway Police, am writing this in full control of my faculties. My wife Fauzia has been receiving call on her mobile 98220688xx from Jamila Shaikh (steno), Additional Commissioner of Police, South Region, Pune who...threatened to defame her and leveled false allegations against her. My mobile 99217990xx is in my trouser pocket. Firstly, either on January 12 or 13 Jamila sent a message to me stating 'I am missing you' (first mistake), after that she kept calling my wife repeatedly and threatened to defame her and harassed her day in day out by telling her false stories. On January 17, Jamila came to my rented apartment in Pune, when my wife was alone and troubled her for almost three hours and thus interfering in my married life. I am scared of false accusations being leveled against me. I am doing wrong. Jamila Shaikh should be held responsible under 306 (IPC) and should be booked under other relevant sections of the IPC. My wife is not involved, she is innocent. Date: February 22, 09 |
