Former CBI director and Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar was found hanging at his residence in Shimla on October 7, officials said.
Kumar became CBI director in 2008, succeeding Vijay Shanker, in the midst of the agency’s probe into the Aarushi Talwar murder case that hogged the headlines. Kumar later became the Governor of Nagaland.
He was presently Vice-Chancellor of a private university in Shimla, Officials said.
Himachal Pradesh police chief Sanjay Kundu, who rushed to the spot, said that investigation in the case was on and a team of forensic experts has reached the crime scene and collecting evidences.
Police said a note, ostensibly written by Kumar, had been found.