An 81-year-old retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer allegedly shot himself dead with a pistol at his house in south Delhi's Defence Colony area on Wednesday morning.
Police said that the deceased identified as Ranjeet Sethi, left a suicide note stating that he does not want to live any longer. According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, police received a Police Control Room (PCR) call at around 7.25 AM that a man had shot himself in his house in Defence Colony following which an Emergency Response Vehicle (ERv) was dispatched for the spot.
“Sethi's domestic help made a PCR call stating that he was alive and needed an ambulance. On reaching the spot, police found that Sethi had allegedly shot himself in his room. He was immediately moved to Moolchand Hospital for treatment, but later succumbed,” said the DCP.
“During an enquiry, it was revealed that Sethi was discharged from BL Kapoor Hospital on Tuesday, following some illness. A suicide note has been found and further investigation is underway,” said the DCP. Sethi is survived by his wife and two children, said police, adding that police are ascertaining if the pistol used by him was a licensed weapon.