<p>Senior IPS officer Himanshu Roy, who had led the elite Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra Police, committed suicide on Friday.</p>.<p>Roy, a 1988-batch IPS officer, shot himself with his service revolver at his residence in Nariman Point. </p>.<p>At the time of death, Roy was an Additional Director General of Police-rank officer and was heading the Establishment Wing of the Maharashtra Police. </p>.<p>Roy was rushed to the Bombay Hospital where he was pronounced dead on admission. His body has been taken to the GT Hospital for postmortem. </p>.<p>Roy was suffering from bone cancer and had been on leave for the last one year. </p>.<p>A fitness freak, Roy was known as "bodybuilder" with some even comparing him with Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger. </p>.<p>During private conversations, he would speak of fitness, his regime, diet and supplements. </p>.<p>Roy was one of the officers who was assigned by the then home minister the late R R Patil to oversee the shifting of 26/11 death row convict Mohammed Ajmal Kasab from the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai to Yerawada jail in Pune - ahead of his hanging.</p>.<p>During his career as a police officer, Roy had handled several sensitive and high-profile cases, including the spot-fixing scandal where Chennai Super Kings team principal Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of former BCCI chief N Srinivasan, and Vindoo Dara Singh, the son of legendary wrestler-turned-actor late Dara Singh, were among the accused.</p>.<p>As chief of the Crime Branch, Roy oversaw the investigations into the murder of journalist-cum-writer J Dey. He also arrested the accused behind the murder of lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, the daughter of an IAS-couple. </p>.<p>One of the most sensitive cases that Roy handled was the murder of Bollywood actor Laila Khan and five members of her family at their farmhouse in Igatpuri.</p>.<p>Roy also arrested Vijay Palande who was involved in four murders - TV producer Karan Kakkad and Arunkumar Tikku, father of actor Anuj Tikku, the double murder of airport union leader Anup Das and his father.</p>.<p>A "Bombay boy", Roy was an alumnus of St Xavier College and was a chartered accountant by qualification, which gave him an edge in solving economic offences. </p>.<p>He also handled the investigations of 2012 riots at Azad Maidan and the Shakti Mill gang-rape case involving a journalist. </p>.<p>"It is a big loss to the police. He had eight to 10 years left and would have reached the top," said former Mumbai Police chief M N Singh. </p>
<p>Senior IPS officer Himanshu Roy, who had led the elite Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra Police, committed suicide on Friday.</p>.<p>Roy, a 1988-batch IPS officer, shot himself with his service revolver at his residence in Nariman Point. </p>.<p>At the time of death, Roy was an Additional Director General of Police-rank officer and was heading the Establishment Wing of the Maharashtra Police. </p>.<p>Roy was rushed to the Bombay Hospital where he was pronounced dead on admission. His body has been taken to the GT Hospital for postmortem. </p>.<p>Roy was suffering from bone cancer and had been on leave for the last one year. </p>.<p>A fitness freak, Roy was known as "bodybuilder" with some even comparing him with Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger. </p>.<p>During private conversations, he would speak of fitness, his regime, diet and supplements. </p>.<p>Roy was one of the officers who was assigned by the then home minister the late R R Patil to oversee the shifting of 26/11 death row convict Mohammed Ajmal Kasab from the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai to Yerawada jail in Pune - ahead of his hanging.</p>.<p>During his career as a police officer, Roy had handled several sensitive and high-profile cases, including the spot-fixing scandal where Chennai Super Kings team principal Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of former BCCI chief N Srinivasan, and Vindoo Dara Singh, the son of legendary wrestler-turned-actor late Dara Singh, were among the accused.</p>.<p>As chief of the Crime Branch, Roy oversaw the investigations into the murder of journalist-cum-writer J Dey. He also arrested the accused behind the murder of lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, the daughter of an IAS-couple. </p>.<p>One of the most sensitive cases that Roy handled was the murder of Bollywood actor Laila Khan and five members of her family at their farmhouse in Igatpuri.</p>.<p>Roy also arrested Vijay Palande who was involved in four murders - TV producer Karan Kakkad and Arunkumar Tikku, father of actor Anuj Tikku, the double murder of airport union leader Anup Das and his father.</p>.<p>A "Bombay boy", Roy was an alumnus of St Xavier College and was a chartered accountant by qualification, which gave him an edge in solving economic offences. </p>.<p>He also handled the investigations of 2012 riots at Azad Maidan and the Shakti Mill gang-rape case involving a journalist. </p>.<p>"It is a big loss to the police. He had eight to 10 years left and would have reached the top," said former Mumbai Police chief M N Singh. </p>
