Mumbai: FIR filed against ex-Gujarat minister Praful Patel, 8 others for role in Dadra MP Mohan Delkar's suicide
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Mumbai Police has registered an FIR for alleged abetment to suicide against Praful Kheda Patel, administrator of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, in connection with the death of Lok Sabha member Mohan Delkar.
The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against former Gujarat minister Praful Kheda Patel and eight others for their alleged involvement in the suicide of Lok Sabha MP Mohan Delkar. We had come to meet CM, Dy CM & HM. We told them that the reason which led to my father taking such step is Dadra & Nagar Haveli Administrator Praful Khoda Patel. We discussed that he was being harassed for past 16-18 months: Abhinav Delkar, son of late MP Mohan Delkar, in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/6W95kdb3qJ Seven-time Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar was found dead in a hotel in the Marine Drive area of south Mumbai on February 22. Praful Kheda Patel and eight others have been accused of abetment to suicide and extortion in the Mohan Delkar death case.
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