Central Excise Supdt. Commits Suicide
MUMBAI Central Excise Superintendent, Ravi S. Phadke is reported to have committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his house at about 8.15 am on Thursday. Phadke was working in the Service Tax wing. He is survived by his wife, who is working in a private company, and a son, who is doing engineering.
The Mumbai Central Excise Superintendents Association states, "Officers working in the Mumbai Service Tax Department are under a huge amount of stress. Adding insult to injury is the denial / curtailing of leave, which causes a rift in the family, which the officer has to undergo silently. So, eventually, the officer can neither have job satisfaction nor a contented family life."