Mumbai, March 28 Police have registered a case against Amit Ghawate, zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, in connection with the suicide of Gurunath Chichkar, a builder based in Navi Mumbai and father of a drug syndicate "kingpin" who was deported from Malaysia last year, an official said on Saturday.
Following a court's directive, Ghawate, who is a member of the 2008 Indian Revenue Service (IRS), has been booked on charges of abetting suicide, criminal conspiracy, extortion, and other relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.
Gurunath Chichkar shot himself at his office with a pistol on April 25, 2025, after allegedly being harassed by the NCB, which was pursuing his son, Naveen, as part of its investigation into a massive drug syndicate operating in several countries.
At the time, the police had recovered a suicide note from the scene, in which Chichkar claimed that he was fed up with the harassment by the NCB and police officials.
The Navi Mumbai police had registered a case of accidental death and launched an investigation, which subsequently revealed Ghawate's role.
The NCB had arrested Naveen Chichkar (35), alleged to be the "kingpin" of a "transnational drug syndicate", after securing his deportation from Malaysia in June last year. He was wanted in multiple cases registered by the anti-narcotics agency. His younger brother, Dheeraj, was also arrested later.
