Customs Officer from Jharkhand found dead in staff quarters in Kerala
Due to suspected irregularities in her appointment with the Jharkhand government, the sister of the customs officer was the subject of a CBI investigation
In the staff quarters in Kochi, Kerala, the bodies of a senior officer with the central excise and customs department, his sister, and mother were discovered. The reason of death is being investigated by the police. Maneesh Vijay (43), an IRS official and additional commissioner with central excise and customs in Kochi, his sister Shalini Vijay, and their mother Shakuntala...
In the staff quarters in Kochi, Kerala, the bodies of a senior officer with the central excise and customs department, his sister, and mother were discovered. The reason of death is being investigated by the police.
Maneesh Vijay (43), an IRS official and additional commissioner with central excise and customs in Kochi, his sister Shalini Vijay, and their mother Shakuntala Agarwal were identified as the deceased by Kerala police. The Jharkhand-born family has been residing in the staff quarters in Kerala for more than a year.
After Vijay missed many days of work, his coworkers came to check on him, which is how the event was discovered on Thursday night. They noticed a bad odor when they went to the quarters. One body was hanging when they peered through an open window. The authorities notified the police right away. They discovered another body in a different room of the house. Following further investigations, the mother's body was found in another room, resting on the bed.
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As reported in The week magazine though police suspect suicide to be the cause of death of the siblings, they are probing all angles. The Police told that “If the mother's death is found to be natural, the siblings' suicides could be due to grief. Right now, our focus is to confirm the cause of death through the autopsy.”
Police say Maneesh's sister Shalini was summoned by a Jharkhand court on February 15 in relation to a CBI investigation. Regarding issues in her employment to the Jharkhand government service, Shalini is purportedly facing accusations. Additionally, Maneesh's notebook had an entry dated February 15 that instructed police to give his younger sister, who is currently in Dubai, specific documents. When the deceased arrives from Dubai, police will perform her autopsy.
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