Senior cop shoots self after failed extra-marital affair

Leaves behind suicide note accusing his girlfriend of harassing him, Vinod Kumar Menon reports

Senior cop shoots self after failed extra-marital affair

Leaves behind suicide note accusing his girlfriend of harassing him, Vinod Kumar Menon reports

Government Railway Protection (GRP) Additional Superintendent of Police Mujib Usman Karjatkar (35) shot himself dead on Wednesday, after an alleged failed extra-marital affair with Jamila Shaikh, a steno-typist in the office of Additional Commissioner of Police (South Region) Pune City.

Karjatkar left behind a suicide note (see box), which says he took the extreme step, because Jamila had been harassing him for some months. Preliminary inquires carried out by Ajni police station in Nagpur reveal that Karjatkar fired a round from his service revolver around 11.45 pm. He was rushed to a medical college nearby, where the doctors declared him dead.

Blame game

A police team from Ajni police station will soon be leaving for Pune to record the statement of Jamila. Fauzia, Karjatkar's wife, refused to comment on the alleged relationship between her late husband and Jameela.u00a0 "Jamila has ruined my family. I want justice," Fauzia said.

Meanwhile, Jamila registered a police complaint with Vishrambaug police on February 17 stating that Fauzia's relatives have been making threatening calls to her.

Senior inspector C D Jadhav from the police station said he was investigating the complaint.
When this reporter contacted Jamila over the phone, she refused to comment, and said that she was in a hospital.

Karjatkar was transferred to Nagpur abruptly from Bhuldana district around two months ago.

A gold medallist in MSc (agriculture), Karjatkar joined the police force eight years ago and topped the Maharashtra Public Service Examinations. His first posting in the force was at Pune, and it was during his tenure in Pune city that he got acquainted with Jamila.