Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar found dead at a hotel in Mumbai, body sent for post-mortem

Mumbai Police’s spokesperson DCP Chaitanya Siriprolu said that Delkar’s body was found in the hotel under the limits of the Marine Drive Police station adding that a suicide note has been recovered from the spot.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar was found dead on Monday at a hotel in the Marine Drive area of south Mumbai. The police, which arrived at the spot and launched investigation, sent his body for a post-mortem. The 58-year-old leader is survived by his wife and two children.

The police, which arrived at the spot and launched investigation, sent his body for a post-mortem. (Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)

Mumbai Police’s spokesperson DCP Chaitanya Siriprolu said that Delkar’s body was found in the hotel under the limits of the Marine Drive Police station adding that a suicide note has been recovered from the spot. “Investigation is being done. Exact cause of death will be known after post-mortem is conducted,” Siriprolu said.

Delkar was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha in May 2019, which was his seventh term in the House. He was a member of the standing committee on personnel, public grievances, law and justice and was also a part of the consultative committee of the ministry of home affairs in the Lok Sabha.