What began as a terrifying midnight “raid” on a Navi Mumbai family by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in February 2025 has culminated in a high-profile FIR against top officers of the agency. This comes nearly a year after the builder died by suicide, alleging that the officers put his family through weeks of harassment, followed by a chilling ultimatum to pay a staggering Rs 15 crore to have their children’s names “scrubbed” from a fabricated drug case. 

Deceased builder Gurunath Chinchkar’s wife, Dr Kiran Chinchkar, registered an FIR at the NRI Coastal police station at Seawoods, Navi Mumbai, on Friday. Three officers — including NCB Zonal Director Amit Ghawate — have been booked for abetment of suicide under Section 108 of the BNS.