A 50-year-old Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector allegedly committed suicide inside a police station in Delhi's Rohini district late night on Wednesday.
Police sources said, "When Ramesh's wife heard the news of his suicide, she was shattered and could not come to the mortuary for the post mortem of her husband. Since she has to look after two infants, she asked for the post-mortem to be a done a day later."
The incident came to light on Thursday morning
when ASI Ramesh Kumar was found lying in a pool of blood in the barracks of the South Rohini police station where he is posted.
Kumar fired at himself with the pistol issued to him. No suicide note was found from his possession. Kumar was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.
"As per the statements of the police staff at the South Rohini police station, Ramesh went to the third floor after completing his shift on Wednesday night. On Thursday morning, Kumar was found dead with a bullet injury on his chest and his service revolver was found near him," said a senior police officer.
Rajneesh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) said, "No suicide note was found. We are investigating the matter. It is surprising that no one heard the gun shot," said Gupta.
Ramesh was a native of Chhapra district in Bihar and lived with his family, including wife and two children, at the Police Colony in Narela. His relatives have been informed and they are coming Delhi from Chhapra. The post-mortem will be conducted at Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital on Friday as no family member was able to reach the hospital.
Police said that they will question the family members of Ramesh Kumar and also the police staff at the South Rohini police station to establish what led him to take such an extreme step.