The Government Railway Police (GRP) officials investigating Constable Vishal Pawar’s death suspect he made up a story to avoid trouble at work. Pawar, known for drinking too much, didn’t show up for work on Saturday. Cops informed mid-day that Pawar recently recovered from jaundice but died of a heart attack in the hospital on Wednesday. Investigators are checking if his heavy drinking worsened his liver condition, leading to his death.
 
A thorough investigation by GRP, Dadar, into the case of Pawar, who claimed that he was injected with drugs and later poisoned by the fatka gang near Matunga Road station on Saturday night, has taken a mysterious turn. The investigators have ruled out any robbery angle in the case. The 30-year-old Pawar was heavily intoxicated at different locations, including a restaurant cum bar near Dadar station and at his flat in Thane, on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. He later started to vomit around 11.30 pm on Sunday, according to an officer privy to the investigation.

Police constable Vishal Pawar