Rakesh Mehta took over as Delhi’s Chief Secretary in 2007 in the course of the Sheila Dikshit authorities. File.
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Former Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta was discovered useless at his rented residence in Noida’s Sector 82 on Sunday (September 6, 2026) afternoon, with police recovering a notice that cited “extended sickness” as the explanation for the acute step.
In accordance with a Part 2 police official, the incident got here to gentle after Mr. Mehta’s spouse, who lives in Dehradun, was unable to contact him and alerted the police. A police group reached his residence in Kendriya Vihar 2 Society and located useless.
The 1975-batch IAS officer had been residing alone within the rented lodging. His spouse, additionally a retired IAS officer, lives in Dehradun, their hometown, together with their youngsters.
Police mentioned Mr. Mehta had been affected by hypertension and diabetes and most well-liked to dwell alone. “He most well-liked to dwell alone. A notice was recovered from the spot, by which he talked about this extended sickness as the explanation for taking the acute step,” a police official mentioned.
The physique was despatched for postmortem examination and was subsequently handed over to the household. Mr. Mehta was cremated on the Lodhi Street crematorium on Monday (September 7, 2026).
Mr. Mehta took over as Delhi’s Chief Secretary in 2007 in the course of the Sheila Dikshit authorities and served within the submit till his retirement in November 2010. Throughout his profession, he held a number of key positions within the Delhi authorities and the Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD).
Police mentioned additional investigation into the circumstances surrounding his dying is underway.
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Printed – September 09, 2026 07:12 am IST
