Buxar DM Mukesh Pandey commits suicide

Kumar Rajiv Nayan

Buxar : Newly appointed Buxar District Magistrate (DM) Mukesh Pandey, son of Dr Sudheshwar Pandey and Geeta Pandey of Anand Nagar in New Guwahati, committed suicide by jumping before a running train at Ghaziabad in UP on August 10, 2017, evening. Police recovered the body lying on of the rail track on August 10 night around 9 pm. UP police informed their Bihar counterpart about it, confirmed Bihar DGP A K Thakur.

A 2012 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, Mukesh Pandey was appointed as Buxar DM for the first time recently.  He was ranked 14th at UPSC Civil Services Examination. He was transferred from Katihar, where he was Deputy Development Commissioner (DDC), and posted as Buxar DM on August 4, 2017. He had gone to New Delhi via Varanasi by air on two days leave and stayed in room no 724 of Leela Palace hotel. He had taken leave to meet his close relative, who was ill. Mukesh Pandey hailed from Saran district but his parrents stay in Assam.

Prior to committing suicide, Mukesh Kumar Pandey had sent a message to his family members saying that he loved all of them very much but he was fed up and had lost faith in humanity. He also said that he would jump off from the roof of a Mall in Janakpuri locality in New Delhi to commit suicide. His suicide note was kept in a diary in the room no 724 of the Leela Palace Hotel.

After receiving his call, his family members contacted the senior officials of Bihar and requested to rescue him. Bihar police informed their Delhi counterparts. The Delhi police rushed to Leela Palace Hotel and got his suicide note there. Before leaving Buxar, he handed over the charge to the DDC Mobin Ali Ansari. Mukesh has left behind his widow and a three month old daughter. He got married two years back at Patna. His father-in-law owns a car showroom at Patna.