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A 33 year old woman forest officer in Maharashtra wrote a four page letter about the senior officer she said was harassing her. She said she had complained again and again. Then she was found dead in her government quarters. She was five months pregnant. Her name was Deepali Chavan, Range Forest Officer at Harisal in the Melghat Tiger Reserve. She was known for removing illegal encroachments from forest land. In her letter she blamed her superior, Deputy Conservator of Forests Vinod Shivkumar. She wrote that he abused her in front of her staff, made demeaning and sexually suggestive remarks, and withheld her salary. She wrote that even after she told her seniors she was pregnant, she was made to patrol tough forest terrain for three days. She said she had a miscarriage after that. In an audio clip that went viral, he allegedly threatened to have a case filed against her. She died on 25 March 2021. Her letter was addressed to M S Reddy, the senior forest officer above them both. Shivkumar was arrested at Nagpur railway station. Reddy was suspended. In her letter she wrote that she had complained to him many times.