Mumbai: The mysterious death of a police officer who was part of the 11/7 serial train blasts probe team had found a mention in a book authored by one of the accused who was acquitted by the trial court in 2015.Assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Vinod Bhat allegedly died by suicide on Aug 29, 2006, a little over two months after the train blasts. Bhat’s body was found on the railway tracks between Dadar and Matunga. At the time, the incident was labelled as an “accidental death” by Dadar railway police. At the same time, a book by Abdul Wahid Shaikh, who was acquitted by the trial court, in his book ‘Begunah Qaidi (Innocent Inmates)’ claimed that Bhat admitted to him being forced to fabricate evidence and create false witnesses against the accused.Bhat reportedly asked his driver to drop him at Tilak Bridge, handed over his personal belongings, except his ID card, and instructed that they be delivered to his wife. His colleagues had said that he was also under pressure because of a case involving his wife in a housing scheme.
