A 55 year-old Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of Delhi Police, who was attached with the Police Control Room (PCR) unit, allegedly shot himself with his service pistol while he was on duty at Zakhira flyover in west Delhi on Saturday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Tej Pal and he was presently residing at Rajnagar in Ghaziabad.
According to a senior police official, cops received information about the incident at around 7 am and said no suicide note was recovered from the spot.
“During enquiry, it came to notice that ASI Tej Pal, was on duty and allegedly shot himself on his chest with his service pistol inside a PCR van. He was rushed to ABG hospital by the PCR van driver where he was declared brought dead by the doctors on duty,” said the senior police official.