A leader of a security guard's union committed suicide at his house in Kopar area of Dombivli West on Tuesday night. In two audio clips, Santosh Hingane, 40, who hung himself at his house can be heard telling his friends and colleagues that the state government had failed to fulfil the security guards' demands. Hingane also added that four more security guards would follow suit and end their lives.

The deceased used to work with Security Guard Mandal and was deployed with Thane Municipal Corporation. He was a leader of Ekjut Suraksha Rakshak Sangh, which has around 600 members.