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New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday launched a probe into the seven-page suicide note of ex-Bureaucrat BK Bansal and his son Yogesh in which they had levelled allegations against some officials of the agency for harassing and torturing them.
In the note Bansal had directly blamed the CBI officials for his wife and daughter’s suicide and termed it as a murder owing to the agency’s torture.
“CBI had tortured me and threatened me of dire consequences and circumstances that my daughter and wife will face. My wife and daughter committed suicide because of the CBI torture. CBI is responsible for the murder of my wife, daughter and son,” Bansal’s suicide note read.
Bansal’s son Yogesh too blamed the CBI as a reason for the “extreme step” because of the “mental and physical torture” meted out by the officials of the agency.
“My mother and daughter were also harassed by the five officers. In fact they were forced to commit suicide. Apart from the officers involved, there is one more person responsible – a neighbour – who mocked at our predicament and mentally harassed us,” Yogesh’s note read.
Minutes after the news broke the investigating agency launched a probe into the allegations and came out with a statement.
“We have today (Wednesday) received communication from Delhi Police enclosing therewith the purported hand written notes of B.K. Bansal. and his son Yogesh. It contains allegations against certain CBI officials in connection with the ongoing bribery investigation against Bansal and others,” a CBI statement said.
Bansal was arrested on July 16 on charges of receiving a bribe of Rs 9 lakh for extending favours to a corporate firm. He was dealing with matters related to alleged violations by a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company.
A Delhi court had granted bail to Bansal on August 30.
The statement further said: “We have examined the matter and decided to probe the allegations.”
“CBI is fully committed to conduct investigation in a fair and professional manner without harassment to any one and strictly within the parameters of law. If any violation is established during the probe, strict action will be taken against the CBI officials concerned. The Competent Court will be informed,” the statement added.
Bansal and his son were found hanging from ceiling fans by their maid when she entered the three bed-room flat on the first floor of Neelkanth Apartments in east Delhi’s Patparganj area around 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Bansal’s body was found in the drawing room while his son’s body was hanging in one of the bedrooms.
The twin suicides came two months after Bansal’s wife and daughter ended their lives in a similar manner. Bansal’s wife Satyabala, 57, and daughter Neha, 27, committed suicide by hanging themselves on July 19 after Bansal was questioned by the CBI.
