Chandrapur(Maharastra), December 01: The granddaughter of late Social worker Baba Amte, Dr.Sheetal Amte CEO of the Maharogi Seva Samiti (MSS) passed away on Monday at her residence in Anandwan.

According to the police said that she committed suicide. Her body was taken to Chandrapura for post-mortem. Chandrapur SP said, "Special team has been called from Nagpur. A forensic probe is on. We will get more information after the post-mortem report comes."

 

 

Sheetal had posted a cryptic message on Twitter. She posted an abstract painting with the caption “War and Peace.”

 

 

Sheetal Amte was the daughter of Vikas Amte and Bharati Amte, and she was 39 years old. She was working in an orgnisation named Maharogi Seva Samiti which was founded by Baba Amte. The orgnisation focuses on helping people disadvantaged by leprosy.

 

She studied medicine and became a doctor, and joined her family working at Anandwan to continue her grandfather's vision. In 2016, she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She was also selected as a United Nations Innovation Ambassador and an advisor to i4P.

 

She helped to secure the financial assistance of the Tech Mahindra Foundation to provide food for children in Anandwan schools. She also led the installation of solar power panels in the community, resulting in Maharogi Sewa Samiti receiving an award for Innovative Energy Project of the Year 2016 from the Association of Energy Engineers, and intended to incorporate more smart technology into the community in the future.

 

This comes a day after, their family was locked in a dispute. Recently, Sheetal had posted a video on Facebook alleging irregularities in MSS trust. She raised allegations against her family members, who are trustees of the organizations and other activists associated with it. The video was removed from Facebook within two hours.

 

Denying the allegations, her family released a statement saying, she is suffering from mental stress and depression. They said, “Maharogi Seva Samiti, Warora is a leading social service organization in the country. It provided direction and inspiration for the development of the deprived. Lakhs of social activists were trained here. Three generations of Amtes are deeply involved in this work.”

 

They further added that Sheetal has contributed to the work done by the organization. However, she is facing mental stress and depression. “While admitting it in her social media posts, she made inappropriate statements about the work, trustees, and workers of Maharogi Seva Samiti.

 

All her comments are baseless. The Amte family is issuing this statement after mutual discussions to prevent any likely misunderstanding caused by Sheetal’s allegations,” the statement added.