16 January,2019 05:40 PM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
Sadanand Lad
Former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) member Sadanand Lad, 55, committed suicide at Grant Road on Wednesday morning. Sadanand alias Pappu Lad was the founder of the popular Laadacha Ganpati at Grant Road and once a close associate of NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal. Lad was found hanging in a room above the Ganpati temple that he had founded.
In a suicide note, Lad, also a film-maker, blamed a construction group owner and another individual for the act, both of whom have been booked by DB Marg Police for abetment of suicide.
Around 7 am on Wednesday, a priest entered the room above the temple when he saw Lad hanging from the ceiling, and immediately informed Lad's family. A local doctor declared him dead following which a post-mortem analysis was conducted at JJ Hospital.
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"He has blamed Siddharth Group and one person named Tahirbhai in his suicide note. We have booked both under various IPC sections," said DCP (Zone 2) Dr Dnyaneshwar Chavhan.
Sources said Lad had some differences with the developer regarding the place of the Ganpati temple, with the developer forcing Lad to vacate the land. He was often threatened by the goons in this regard.
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