Why did it take 336 days to book officials named in a suicide note? This is the central question being raised by activists following the registration of an FIR against NCB officials and an Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) senior police inspector in the Gurunath Chincharkar suicide case. Chincharkar, a builder who allegedly ended his life on April 25, 2025, following a Rs 15-crore extortion demand, reportedly used a 9-mm pistol, a weapon typically restricted for service use.

Navi Mumbai-based activist Sanchu Menon has questioned the NRI Coastal Police’s conduct, alleging, “If a common man is named in a suicide note, he is picked up within hours. Here, senior officials from the NCB and the police were named, yet the FIR took a year. This delay allowed for the potential tampering of evidence.”