The Times of India: Delhi: Monday, April 02, 2012.
Police on Sunday questioned three senior Army officers in Defence Colony's mysterious double death case. Defence ministry official Yashkar Sinha and his wife Archana were found dead in their flat under mysterious circumstances on Friday afternoon.
Dr Diwakar, apparently the only person with whom Sinha used to share details of his professional life, said, "Yashkar met me in Patna a month ago. He was under stress. When I asked him what was wrong, first he did not say anything and then told me he had been posted in the RTI wing where he was supposed to be handling applications for sensitive and confidential information. There was a lot of pressure," he said. Police sources said they would check the recent RTI applications handled by Sinha.
The preliminary post mortem report states that Archana died due to strangulation. There was a minor injury on her head as well but that could be due to a fall or she could have hurt herself during the scuffle to save her life, said a source. The report concludes that Yashkar died due to burns. Their visceras have been preserved for further examination.
Five days before he died, Yashkar had gone to Lucknow on work. On Thursday night, a day before his death, Yashkar met his sister and was looking stressed, according to the sister's account to other family members. He was wearing formals that night as if he was going to meet somebody. "After this, nobody knows what happened," said a source.
His brother Pushkar Sinha told TOI that police had told him about the content of the 'note' they found in the house but did not make him sign any paper. The note, reportedly two pages of a small dairy, was found in a green polythene bag on Saturday, as reported by TOI. The note blames two senior Army officers for driving Yashkar to despair by pressuring him. Apparently written by Yashkar, the note opened a new line of investigation for the police.
Pushkar too said he smelled foul play in the deaths. "It (the note) could not be treated as a suicide note. He (Yashkar) did not usually share things with anyone and vent out his feelings on a paper," he said. Police believe that the note was written days before the deaths. Handwriting experts are examining it to ascertain whether it was written by Yashkar.
Dr Diwakar, apparently the only person with whom Sinha used to share details of his professional life, said, "Yashkar met me in Patna a month ago. He was under stress. When I asked him what was wrong, first he did not say anything and then told me he had been posted in the RTI wing where he was supposed to be handling applications for sensitive and confidential information. There was a lot of pressure," he said. Police sources said they would check the recent RTI applications handled by Sinha.
The preliminary post mortem report states that Archana died due to strangulation. There was a minor injury on her head as well but that could be due to a fall or she could have hurt herself during the scuffle to save her life, said a source. The report concludes that Yashkar died due to burns. Their visceras have been preserved for further examination.
Five days before he died, Yashkar had gone to Lucknow on work. On Thursday night, a day before his death, Yashkar met his sister and was looking stressed, according to the sister's account to other family members. He was wearing formals that night as if he was going to meet somebody. "After this, nobody knows what happened," said a source.
His brother Pushkar Sinha told TOI that police had told him about the content of the 'note' they found in the house but did not make him sign any paper. The note, reportedly two pages of a small dairy, was found in a green polythene bag on Saturday, as reported by TOI. The note blames two senior Army officers for driving Yashkar to despair by pressuring him. Apparently written by Yashkar, the note opened a new line of investigation for the police.
Pushkar too said he smelled foul play in the deaths. "It (the note) could not be treated as a suicide note. He (Yashkar) did not usually share things with anyone and vent out his feelings on a paper," he said. Police believe that the note was written days before the deaths. Handwriting experts are examining it to ascertain whether it was written by Yashkar.
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