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- A 56-year-old revenue officer in Thane district, Maharashtra, Arun Shelar, went missing on August 28 after leaving home saying he was attending a post-funeral ritual.
- His body was found hanging in a metal shed near his residence in Shahapur on Thursday morning by his brother, and he was declared dead on arrival at a hospital.
- Shelar served as a Mandal Officer and headed the vigilance team in the sand mining branch at the district collectorate.
- Police recovered a note addressed to his wife that reportedly says no one should be held responsible, and have registered a case of accidental death pending postmortem.
What to watch next
- Postmortem findings from the government hospital
- Any further police findings on the note and circumstances of the death
- Whether the sand mining vigilance role draws scrutiny in the investigation
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