Two incidents of alleged suicide were reported from Delhi and Ghaziabad on Friday. In first incident a 50- year-old Railway Police Force (RPF) Head Constable allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself. In second incident, a sub-inspector allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service revolver at his residence in Ghaziabad.
In first incident that occurred on early hours of Friday at entry gate pocket in Delhi's Anand Vihar Railway Station (AVRS) police station, the RPF head constable identified Naresh Kumar committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver on his temple.
Panwar, who hailed from Bagpat in Uttar Pradesh was presently living near Delhi University's North Campus Hakikat Nagar. According to a senior police official, on Friday morning around 8:26 am a constable saw Panwar lying unconscious on cemented slab in a pool of blood and service pistol was lying on ground in the booth near exit gate of AVRS.
"The constable informed the police station staff regarding the incident. On checking, Naresh was found dead with gunshot injury on temple and service pistol 9mm lying near his right leg. He was found in sitting position," said the senior police official.
"During initial investigation, it was revealed that on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, Naresh was also marked absent at around 12:55 AM as he did not report on time for his duty. However, he arrived on duty at 1.50 am," said the police official privy to investigation.
"The body was handed over to family members after autopsy. Crime and forensic team of East district is investigating the spot. Police is investigating the matter with all angles including suicide," said the police official adding that further investigation is going on.
Naresh was posted at Anand Vihar Railway station police station since 2016. He is survived by his mother, wife and two children.
In another incident, a sub-inspector allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service revolver at his residence in Ghaziabad on Friday.
Madhup Singh, posted as a senior sub-inspector at Baleni police station in Baghpat district, had gone to drop his child to school in the morning, Superintendent of Police (City) Shlok Kumar said.
After coming back home at Sanjay Nagar colony in Kavi Nagar area, Singh received a phone call and was having a heated argument with the caller. He shot himself with his service revolver after the call, Kumar said.
Police reached the spot after getting information from his wife and found Singh's body lying in pool of blood on his bed, the SP said.
The case is being probed from various angles to ascertain the motive behind the incident, the official said, adding that the body had been sent for post-mortem.