Uttarakhand Director General of Police BS Sidhu has set up an inquiry over the suspect death of a police man who was admitted in Mahant Indiresh Hospital after a shooting incident at his home on Wednesday.
The police man who has been identified as Sewla Kalan resident Arvind Kumar was posted in Police Headquarter.Prima facie, Kumar has committed suicide by shooting himself with his service gun, said a Patelnagar station officer. After the incident, as his wife was in an unconscious state, police had not recorded her statement by Wednesday evening.
The police officer said that Kumar was posted at the Stationary Cell in Police Headquarter. Police reached his home after being informed about the incident. According to sources, Kumar lived at Sewla Kalan along with wife and two children aged eight years and six years.
On Wednesday too, he was at home with his family. He told his children to go out of the room before committing suicide by shooting himself with his service gun.
After hearing gun shot, his wife became unconscious and his children started crying. Neighbours rushed to the home and found him lying on the ground. He was taken to Mahant Indiresh Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
DGP Sidhu along with Inspector General (IG) (law and order) Ram Singh Meena carried out inspection of the spot and DGP said that it is not clear how the constable was shot and later died in the firing incident.