Archive · 10 Dec 2025
Mumbai police form SIT to probe suicide abetment case against minister’s PA
The police in Mumbai have created a special team to investigate a serious case.
A man named Anant Garje, who works as an assistant to a minister, is accused of causing his wife to take her own life.
The wife, a doctor at a hospital, died at their home in Mumbai.
The police say there was a fight in the family, and the wife's father made a complaint.
The special team, led by a senior police officer, will look into what happened.
Mumbai police formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the abetment of suicide case against Anant Garje, PA of Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde.
Garje was arrested last month and booked for abetting the suicide of his dentist-wife, Gauri Palve, who worked at a civic-run hospital in Mumbai.
The SIT is led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 4) Ragasudha R and consists of eight police personnel, formed on December 5.
Palve (28) committed suicide at her residence in Worli, central Mumbai, due to a domestic dispute, according to police.
A case of abetment of suicide was registered against Garje and two of his relatives based on a complaint filed by Palve’s father at the Worli Police Station.
- Who
- Anant Garje, personal assistant to Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde, and two of his relatives
- What
- A case of abetment of suicide has been registered against them
- When
- The SIT was formed on December 5, and the suicide occurred earlier in December
- Where
- Worli, Mumbai
- Why
- Due to a domestic dispute, according to police
- Accused
- Anant Garje
- Victim
- Gauri Palve
- Victim's Profession
- Dentist at KEM Hospital
- Location
- Worli, Mumbai
- SIT Formation Date
- December 5
- SIT Head
- Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 4) Ragasudha R
- SIT Members
- 8 police personnel
- Marriage Date
- February 2023