Baba Amte’s granddaughter Sheetal Amte-Karajki allegedly commits suicide

Legendary social worker late Baba Amte’s granddaughter Dr Sheetal Amte-Karajgi allegedly committed suicide on Monday. A social entrepreneur and CEO of Maharogi Sewa Samiti (MSS) Anandwan Sheetal committed suicide at her residence in Anandvan in Chandrapur district. She was reportedly under stress since past few days.

“War and Peace,” read her post posted in the morning.

‘War and Peace’#acrylic on canvas.
30 inches x 30 inches. pic.twitter.com/yxfFhuv89z

— Dr. Sheetal Amte-Karajgi (@AmteSheetal) November 30, 2020

According to preliminary information, she injected poisonous injection which caused the death. Sheetal was rushed to the Warora Rural Hospital. Her body is sent for postmortem.

Shocking!! #SheetalAmte, social activist and granddaughter of Baba Amte, dies allegedly by suicide at Anandwan in Chandrapur. Interacted multiple times with her over Facebook. We have lost an amazing Human being.. ॐ शांती

— Dr. Abhay Jere (@abhayjere) November 30, 2020

According to Maharashtra Times, Recently, Dr Sheetal had issued a video message on social media. in the video, she had razed allegations on the trust management and Amte family. She apparently had some issues with her brother Kaustubh who returned to the MSS and hence issued the said video. Within two hours, Facebook Live was deleted.

Later a statement was released by the Amte family refuting all rumours. Dr Vikas and Dr Prakash Amte, sons of late Baba Amte, issued a joint statement denying all allegations by Vikas’s daughter Sheetal about irregularities in Maharogi Seva Samiti.

Sheetal was trustee and CEO of MSS and her husband Gautam is still an operational head.