Retired Mumbai cop's son shoots self with father's licensed revolver

Updated On: 14 August, 2014 07:02 AM IST | | Sailee Dhayalkar

17-yr-old killed himself with father’s licensed revolver on Tuesday when his parents were not at home; family member says he got scared afer college summoned his parents for low attendance

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Retired Mumbai cop's son shoots self with father's licensed revolver

The teenage son of a retired police officer killed himself with his father’s licensed weapon on Tuesday, allegedly scared of the fact that his college had summoned his parents for his low attendance. The family stays at Versova.

According to the Versova police, the deceased was identified as Ashish Mohite, the son of Police Inspector Ganesh Mohite, who retired in 2012. The cop had taken voluntary retirement from the DG controller room under Colaba police station, where he was deputed, and put up his own security firm. Ashish studied in the Science stream at Patkar College, Goregaon.