Overview
- Relatives discovered 42-year-old Pankaj Bhansali inside his Kudasan home after failing to reach him for days; the family found a handwritten note on the main door warning against entering or drinking the house water.
- Police say Bhansali last spoke with his wife on May 22 and that the note and scene suggested he had consumed a toxic pesticide and taken his own life.
- Investigators recovered packets of Celphos, a pesticide that releases lethal phosphine gas when it contacts the stomach, and have registered a case and sent the body for post-mortem examination.
- Officials told reporters that Bhansali had been unemployed for about five months and faced heavy trading losses and mounting debt, which police say created severe financial and emotional pressure.
- Timeline details differ across reports about when the wife and daughter left and when the body was found, and police continue to verify those dates as their forensic and criminal inquiries proceed.