I am innocent: suicide note of cop found dead

The Government Railway Police GRP on Wednesday morning found the body of a 40yearold head constable on the tracks in Navi Mumbai and found WhatsApp status wherein he appealed to the cops saying he was not an accused He however did not mention the caseVaibhav Kadam who was deputed to the Special Protection Unit SPU in Mumbai is an accused in a 2020 assault case Thirteen people including Kadam and former minister Jitendra Awhad were arrested in the caseWords from his suicide note posted as WhatsApp statusAround 915 am on Wednesday a motorman informed the GRP at Taloja that a person came in front of the train between Nilje and Taloja stations The railway cops alerted their counterparts at Diva railway station who found Kadam on the tracks and rushed him to Civil Hospital ThaneAlso Read Worli Sea Face accident case Court rejects accused Sumer Merchants bail pleaThe deathDr Kailash Pawar chief medical officer at Civil Hospital said ldquoThe person was brought dead with head hands and legs severed There was trauma to the chest and stomach A team of three doctors performed the postmortem and his viscera have been preserved The medical examination reveals itrsquos a case of accidentrdquoVaibhav Kadam in his suicide noteThe Thane GRP have filed an accidental death report and are investigating the case Kadam lived with his wife Sakshi and a son Swar in Taloja ldquoAround 8830 am Kadam left for a morning walk after informing his wiferdquo a cop told middayThe GRP identified him with the help of his ID card which he was carrying along with his mobile phone ldquoThere were several missed calls on his phone We called his brother and established his identityrdquo the cop saidThe cops found seven posts in Marathi on his WhatsApp status which translated to ldquoSakshi please forgive me Swar please forgive me mummypapa please forgive me I couldnrsquot be a good husband a father a son and a brother I am taking this step due to depression Nobody is responsible for this One incident destroyed my life But itrsquos nobodyrsquos fault Swar please forgive me I am appealing to the police and the media that I am not an accusedrdquoThe caseKadam was stationed at the State Reserve Police Forcersquos SRPF camp number 7 until five years ago when he was deputed to the SPU and appointed Awhadrsquos bodyguard In April 2020 Kadam and 11 others allegedly abducted Anant Karmuse an engineer who was accused of posting a morphed image of Awhad The accused allegedly beat him upThe Vartak Nagar police in Thane booked 13 people and made the arrests In February 2023 Karmuse approached the Supreme Court seeking a reinvestigation by the CBI The SC rejected the appeal but directed the Thane police to continue the probe and submit a report to the sessions court within three monthsAfter the SC verdict Assistant Commissioner of Police Wagle Estate division Gajanan Kabdule summoned all the accused According to sources the investigating officer called Kadam twice in March and he was reportedly upset over the ongoing processCurrently he was deputed at the SRPFPoliceSpeakldquoAs of now there are no complaints from family members The deceasedrsquos brother has given us a statement but there are no allegations against anyone Prima facie this is a case of suicide We are probing the matterrdquo Deputy Commissioner of Police Central Railway Manoj Patil saidFoul play BJPAlleging foul play BJPrsquos Mohit Kamboj tweeted ldquoMANSUKH HIREN 20 Head Constable Vaibhav Shivaji Kadam SPU Mumbai Found Dead Today Morning Was In Protection For EX Cabinet Minister Maharashtra amp Was Accused In A Case amp Was Going To Be Witness In A High Profile Matter Itrsquos A Clear Cut Murder Not Suicide I Will Expose U This Is The Last Post Of Vaibhav Kadam Who Is Accused Whom System Is Saving We Can Let Sushant Singh Rajput Happen Again Murder Can Not Be Given Face Of Suicide Always We Have now Eknath Shinde Ji As CM Want FAIR Investigation Canrsquot Tolerate High Profile People Escape Always SICrdquo2020Year the assault case was filed