Policemen check the SUV belonging to Jigar Thakkar in which he shot himself, at GT Hospital on Tuesday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Named as an accused in one of the irrigation scams being probed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and charge-sheeted in January, contractor Jigar Thakkar, 41, shot himself to death with his licensed revolver last evening. Thakkar had reached Marine Drive in his SUV with his driver, when around 6.30 pm, he asked the latter to get down and shot himself.