Pune, Jan. 4 -- Pune Police have registered a case of abetment to suicide and extortion against a Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) candidate following the alleged suicide of a 56-year-old businessman in Pune's Camp area, amid the ongoing civic election campaign.

The deceased has been identified as Sadiq Hussain alias Babu Kapoor (56), a resident of Syed Nagar, Hadapsar, who operated a real estate office in the Camp area. Kapoor was found hanging inside his office premises under the jurisdiction of Lashkar Police Station on Saturday evening.

Police said a two-page suicide note was recovered from the spot, with one portion written on paper and another reportedly written on the deceased's hand.

According to police, the suic...