The city police on Wednesday confirmed that the ‘unfortunate’ death of retired DGP-rank officer IJ Jachuk reported late on Tuesday evening was a case of suicide. The 70-year-old retired top cop was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his house at Deula Sahi here under Bidanasi police station.
“It’s a clear case of suicide,” said Cuttack city DCP Sanjib Arora on Wednesday, adding that the inquest and postmortem of the body was done as per law. But the city police refused to divulge whether they have clinched any concrete evidence to back their claim.
Police sources said Jachuk had locked himself in a room of his house after his wife left to a nearby market in the evening. when his wife returned home around pm, It was known that the retired police officer had taken the extreme step.
DGP Prakash Mishra, Police Commissioner RP Sharma along with several eminent persons visited the Jachuk house to pay their last tributeto the departed soul. Beginning his career as a lecturer, Jachuk joined Indian Police Service in 1967 and went on to hold several key posts in Odisha police before retiring as Director of Intelligence in 2003. He is survived by wife Prabha and a married daughter Madhusmita.