- By Soumyaroop Mukherjee
- Sun, 23 Nov 2025 02:47 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Maharashtra Shocker: In yet another tragic incident of suicide emerging from the financial capital of India, the wife of Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde’s personal assistant allegedly died due to suicide, police said on Sunday, quoted PTI. According to officials investigating the matter, the woman took the drastic step owing to a domestic dispute.
The deceased, identified as the wife of Anant Garje, a personal assistant to the state Animal Husbandry and Environmental Minister Munde, was found hanging at her house in Worli area on Saturday, November 22, evening. The couple had married earlier in February this year, and the wife was a doctor at the dental department at the government-run KEM hospital.
According to the police, the woman’s family claimed that she faced extreme torture and harassment from her husband, which is the reason behind the extreme. The officials have called for a detailed inquiry leading to her death.
Likewise, the initial probe also hints towards this angle. An accidental death report has been filed and further investigation is in progress.
Maharashtra Teen Commits Suicide Over Low Marks
In a separate incident, a 13-year-old girl of Class 8 has allegedly died by suicide by jumping off the third floor of her school building in Maharashtra’s Jalna on Friday morning, police said, as quoted by PTI. The deceased was a resident of Mastagad while the incident took place in the CTMK School.
"Soon after the morning session began at her school, Aarohi jumped from the corridor on the third floor. Teachers and school staffers immediately rushed her to a private hospital. She was later shifted to the District Government Hospital, where doctors declared her dead," said Sadar Police Inspector Sandeep Bharti who is investigating the matter.
Bharti further said that the authorities received information about the incident in the morning between 7:30 and 8:00. “An inquiry is in progress. Right now, only preliminary findings are available, and it would be too early to draw any conclusions. Only after a complete investigation can something concrete be said," Bharti added.
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(With inputs from PTI)