Sanjay Sawant (54), an assistant engineer of Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Kandivli on February 15. According to sources from BMC,  Sawant was one of the members of the vigilance team probing the Rs 100 crore BMC e-tendering scam and was found hanging in his bedroom just three days after the inquiry committee headed by three senior officers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) declared sixty-three out of eighty-three BMC staffers including the assistant municipal commissioner, executive engineers, an assistant engineer, sub-engineers and junior engineers guilty in e-Tendering scam.

Since no suicide note was found, an Accidental Death Report (ADR) has been registered in the Kandivli police station. The cops are yet to arrive at a conclusion but sources alleged that Sawant was under immense pressure which led to the alleged suicide. As per the statement by Leena Sawant, deceased's wife, “He had been under massive stress and depression. We don’t know what it was, but he was really worried about his post-retirement”.