Himanshu Roy, a top Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a former chief the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, committed suicide today.
Himanshu Roy, a top Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a former chief the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, committed suicide today.
Roy, who was serving as the Additional Director General of Police in Maharashtra, shot himself with his service revolver at his residence in south Mumbai between 1pm and 1:15pm.
He was rushed to the nearby Bombay Hospital in Marine Lines where Roy, who was suffering from cancer, was declared dead on arrival at 1:47 pm.
The Mumbai Police, which has registered an accidental death report, confirmed that Roy committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth.
"As of now no suicide note [has] found," the Mumbai Police siad in a press statement.
CANCER
Roy had developed a swelling on his body nearly four years ago, which was later detected to be a cancer. He continued to work while under treatment.
Two years ago, when the cancer spread to his bones, he went on a medical leave. The cancer however spread later to his brain for which he was to undergo a surgery.
The ailment put him through what a former colleague described as unbearable pain.
A 1988 batch IPS officer, Roy served as Mumbai Police's joint commissioner of crime from 2010 to 2014 and during this period led the investigation into the IPL betting scandal and the murders of Laila Khan and five of her relatives at the family's Igatpuri house.
Roy was instrumental in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing investigation and other high-profile crime cases such as the firing on Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar's driver Arif, and the murders of journalist J Dey's murder, Vijay Palande, and Laila Khan.
A 'Bombay' boy, Roy was an ex-student of Campion and St Xavier's College, Mumbai.
His career as a police officer saw a meteoric rise. In 1995, he was appointed as the SP of Nasik (rural), the youngest officer to get that post.
He went on to serve as the commissioner of Nasik police between 2004 and 2007 and two years later, he was appointed as the joint commissioner of police in Mumbai.