Marital discord behind Buxar DM’s suicide, say police

I am a simple peace loving man. Since marriage, there have been ups and down in my life. We both have different personalities. MUKESH PANDEY, Buxar DM in a video shot before the suicide

GHAZIABAD: An IAS officer who allegedly committed suicide has purportedly cited marital disco rd as the reason for the decision to end his life, describing himself as a peaceful man “fed up with life”.

The body of Mukesh Pandey, 29, was recovered on Thursday night from a railway track at G ha zia bad. The head was severed from the torso.

Besides detailed suicide notes found on him, police also recovered a self-shot mobile video, believed to have been shot in Bihar’s Buxar circuit house, where he was posted as the district magistrate.

HT has a copy of the video, which is around five minutes in duration. “I am a simple peace loving man. Since marriage, there have been ups and down in my life. We often argue on something or the other. We both have different personalities,” Pandey is heard saying in the clip.

He described his nature with that of his wife as “chalk and cheese” and said ,“She is an extrovert while I am meek and introvert in nature ”. Pandey, who hails from Ass am, was married in 2014 into a prominent business family of Patna.