Probe finds calls between Sena leader Sanjay Rathod, woman who died by suicide

Monday, 2 August 2021Newsdesk

Pune Police investigating the suicide of 22-year-old Pooja Chavan are learned to have found the recordings of “several calls” between her and a man purported to be former Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod in the “four-five days” before her death. Among the recordings of these conversations in Pooja’s mobile phone is one that lasted 90 minutes, sources said. Pooja jumped off a building in Pune early on February 7. Rathod, the three-time Shiv Sena MLA from Digras in Yavatmal district, resigned as Maharashtra forest minister on February 28.

New Delhi, 02 August 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, “Prima facie based on the evidence retrieved from the phone, the person talking to her (Pooja) appears to be Rathod. She had recorded all their conversations. The conversations took place in the Banjara language so we are getting a translation done,” a police source told The Indian Express. Pooja was from the same tribal Banjara community to which Rathod belongs. Pooja belonged to Beed and was reportedly living in Pune, where she had enrolled in an educational course. Soon after Pooja’s death, there were allegations that she was in a relationship with the MLA.

Source -indianexpress.com