2 min learnNoidaUp to date: Sep 9, 2026 05:12 AM IST
Former Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Noida on Sunday afternoon, police mentioned.
Based on the police, a purported suicide notice was additionally discovered, the place Mehta talked about “extended sickness” as the explanation behind the intense step.
A 1975-batch IAS officer who served underneath the Sheila Dixit authorities, took over because the chief secretary in 2007 and retired in November 2010.
Police mentioned that Mehta lived alone at his residence in Pocket 6, Kendriya Vihar II, Noida that falls underneath the jurisdiction of Noida Part 2 police station.
“On September 6, we acquired a name round 1.28 pm and had been knowledgeable that Mehta had died by suicide… Members of his household, together with his spouse and son who lives in Dehradun, tried reaching him … after their calls went unanswered, they knowledgeable the guard,” law enforcement officials mentioned. The guard discovered Mehta’s physique. One in every of his family who lives close to his home in Noida reached the spot, officers added.
They added that the physique was handed over to the household for the final rites after a autopsy examination. He was cremated at Lodhi Highway crematorium on Monday.
“He was affected by hypertension and diabetes,” police mentioned.
An AGMUT cadre officer, Mehta, who died at 75, additionally served because the Commissioner of the Municipal Company of Delhi for 3 years. Mehta was additionally credited with the execution of a few of the key transport, energy and civic infrastructure initiatives in Delhi. The Commonwealth Video games in Delhi had been organised in 2010 throughout his tenure.
Additional investigation is underway, police additional mentioned.
