Overview
- The contractor, Khalil Rajjullal Sheikh, died by suicide at his Gultekdi home after recording videos and leaving notes that named business partners and described heavy debts and threats, an act reported on the night of July 15–16.
- Sheikh’s wife filed a complaint saying he faced years of mental harassment and that partners had illegally retained his centring materials, and the Swargate police registered an FIR that names 12 people including former MLA Ravindra Dhangekar and his wife.
- Officers have seized the video recordings, two handwritten suicide notes, electronic devices and project documents and have sent the body for forensic examination while investigators review the financial transactions cited by the deceased.
- The Dhangekars have denied wrongdoing, said the case stems from a stalled Utkarsh Associates project and political pressure, and they have moved for anticipatory bail with the court due to hear replies from police.
- The dispute centers on a halted Laxmi Road development that had RERA and municipal approvals but was stopped after a Waqf Board land claim; investigators will likely probe loan records, project paperwork and each named partner’s role.