Pune: Former India cricketer Salil Ankola 's mother, Mala Ashok Ankola (77), was found dead around noon on Friday in her daughter's flat in Prabhat Road area, a prime residential neighbourhood close to Film and Television Institute of India. She was the widow of late IPS officer Ashok Ankola. Salil, is not in Pune, the police said.
However, he posted his mother's photograph on his social media page with a note that said "Goodbye Mom". A Deccan Gymkhana police officer said Mala Ankola 's throat was found slit and a kitchen knife and a screwdriver were found lying nearby. "She was alone in the flat, and there are no signs of a forced entry or robbery at this point.
CCTV cameras in the building are not working," the officer added. Mala lived in a first floor flat with her daughter who left home for work around 7.30am on Friday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone I) Sandeep Singh Gill told TOI, "We are investigating all angles. For now, we have registered it as an accidental death case. Her daughter told us that her mother has been under psychiatric treatment for some time.
We did not find any suicide note inside the flat. We will reach a definite conclusion over the cause of death once we get the postmortem report and investigate the matter." Senior inspector Girisha Nimbalkar of Deccan Gymkhana police said there was no forced entry into the flat and nothing was stolen.
Another police officer said, "We have recorded statements of all persons, including a delivery person, the se.
