A police constable reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself in his home in Kotwali area on Saturday afternoon. Police recovered a suicide note in which the deceased had held himself responsible for the extreme step taken by him, a senior police officer informed. The deceased was identified as Gopal Dhruv, posted in Kotwali police station and his body was found in Government quarter allotted to him, Superintendent of Police Dhamtari Manish Sharma said.
Dhruv went to his home around 12.30 pm when his family members were not in the house and shot himself with the service gun resulting in spot death. The neighbors informed police which reached the spot and found Dhruv lying in a pool of blood, the SP added. A suicide note was found with the body in which Dhruv addressing his son narrated that due to failures in his life he was committing suicide, the SP said adding that investigations have begun into the case.