THE MUMBAI police crime branch has begun their probe in an abetment to suicide case in which a marine engineer jumped to death from the 12th floor of a building at Saki Naka in January. The family members of the deceased, identified as Harsh Shrivastav, had approached the Bombay High Court that agreed to the parents' plea to transfer the probe to the Mumbai crime branch. A source said that the incident took place on January 20, when the 34-year-old jumped to death from the 12th floor following which an Accidental Death Report (ADR) had been taken by the local Saki Naka police. Next month, the police filed an abetment to suicide case against Shrivastav’s fiancé based on the complaint given by his mother. The fiancé got anticipatory bail from the court and later the Saki Naka police filed a chargesheet against her. Shrivastav’s parents then approached the HC seeking the case to be transferred following which, based on the court’s order, it was moved to the crime branch earlier this month. A source said that since a chargesheet in the case has already been filed, the crime branch (unit X) has been asked to carry out further investigation in the matter. The source said that the team has gone over the chargesheet to find out if any aspect of the probe has been ignored in the earlier probe. The source said that Shrivastav, who worked in a shipping company in Dubai, was engaged to a city-based woman. After their family's approval they got engaged in November last year following which he flew back to Sharjah. In January this year, the woman’s family informed Shrivastav’s family that their daughter wanted to call off the wedding. Shrivastav flew down to the city in order to convince the woman against calling off the wedding. As per the complaint, on January 20 he went to the woman’s residence in Chandivali in order to convince her to not call off the wedding. However, when the woman did not agree, they two got into an argument following which he jumped off the 12th floor. While the Saki Naka police initially took an accidental death report in the matter, the next month, Shrivastav’s mother approached the police with a complaint following which an abetment to suicide case was registered against the woman.
