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'''Bibek Biman Maitra''' (28 July 1965 &ndash; 3 June 2006) was [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s (BJP) General Secretary [[Pramod Mahajan]]'s secretary. The media used to pronounce Bibek Maitra's name as Vivek Moitra.<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/02rahul2.htm On his Boss' secret service] Rediff</ref> He always insisted that his name be pronounced as Bibek.<br />
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==Life==<br />
After completing his post-graduation in law from the [[Mumbai University]], he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party's Student wing. During this period he started assisting Gopinath Munde, ([[Pramod Mahajan]]'s brother-in-law). With this he started becoming close to Pramod Mahajan and very soon Mahajan appointed him as his secretary. He worked for almost 15 years with Mahajan.<br />
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He was also known for his lavish lifestyle and the parties he attended, but only after his death was this reported in the media. He remained bachelor throughout his life. Maitra was Mahajan's close confidant and used to handle all his financial matter<br />
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==Death==<br />
Maitra died on 3 June 2006. The autopsy was conducted by board headed by Prof [[T.D Dogra|T. D Dogra]] report released by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ([[AIIMS]]) stated that the cause of the death was due to [[drug overdose]].<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bibek-maitra-died-of-drug-overdose/12236-3.html Bibek Maitra died of drug overdose] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120710004809/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bibek-maitra-died-of-drug-overdose/12236-3.html |date=2012-07-10 }} IBN Live Sun, 4 June 2006 at 17:12, Updated on Mon, 5 June 2006 at 12:39 in India section</ref><br />
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On the night of 31 May, he was allegedly having champagne with Pramod Mahajan's son [[Rahul Mahajan (politician)|Rahul]]. Sahil Zaroo, a 21-year-old friend of Maitra came visiting them at Pramod Mahajan's official bungalow in [[Delhi]] at 7, Safdurjung Road. It also alleged that Sahil brought cocaine on that night with three of his other friends.<br />
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Due to the lethal combination of [[Cocaine]] and [[Champagne (wine)|Champagne]], Maitra started to vomit and was rushed to [[Apollo Hospital]] in [[New Delhi]] by [[Harish Sharma]] (Pramod Mahajan's Secretary). Maitra was declared dead on arrival.<br />
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His family and close associates still maintain that it was attempt to poison both Sahil and Maitra and deny the charges that they were in the habit of taking drugs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/9405.asp |title=IndiaNews |access-date=2006-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619160835/http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/9405.asp |archive-date=2006-06-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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His father, a retired bureaucrat had settled in [[Khargar]], [[Navi Mumbai]] and Bibek was cremated at [[Turbhe]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://in.rediff.com/news/rahul06.html The Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case on Rediff]<br />
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