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Bansal accused CBI officials of pushing his family to suicide

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A tainted top government official, who committed suicide along with his son on Tuesday, blamed the Central Bureau of Investigat­ion (CBI) officials probing the corruption case against him for the decision to end their lives. In the wake of the allegation­s against its officials, CBI on Wednesday constitute­d an internal inquiry to look into them. In suicide notes, purportedl­y written by former Corporate Affairs Director General B K Bansal and his son Yogesh, the official has alleged that a CBI DIG, two women officers and a “fat” Havaldar of the agency had tortured his wife and daughter after which both had committed suicide in July. PTI on Wednesday received two suicide notes, a seven-page note purportedl­y written by Bansal and a two-page note purportedl­y written by Yogesh dated September 26, a day before their bodies were discovered in their flat here.

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