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Mumbai top cop and former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Himanshu Roy shot himself with his service revolver at his south Mumbai residence.
Fondly called ‘Hercules Roy’, his colleagues remember him as a fitness freak, a soft-spoken, sharp, disciplined and bright officer. He was an IPS officer from the 1988 Maharashtra cadre. He became the Superintendent of Police of Nashik in 1995 and became the youngest SP then. He was the Commissioner Of Police of Nashik from 2004 - 2007 and became the Joint Commissioner Of Police(Crime Branch) in 2009. He was also the Chief of Maharashtra ATS and set up the cyber crime cell and women’s cell of the Mumbai Police.
In his his two-and-a-half-decade-long service in the Maharashtra Police, he played a key role in several high-profile cases.
Roy was reportedly battling cancer for a long time and was on a medical leave since 2016. He just has 5 years of service left.
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