N Harish, a 32-year-old IPS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the police officer’s mess in Chennai on Thursday.
Harish, who hailed from Karnataka was working as Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Chennai office of the high-power Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption Department. A 2009 batch IPS officer, Harish served as ASP in Chennai before he was posted to the DVAC in Chennai.
While police officials were tight lipped about the incident, one of the DVAC staff members said Harish was found dead in his room in the officer’s mess at Egmore in Chennai around noon. There were reports that Harish was depressed for some time following his failure to qualify an examination as a result of which he was not promoted as deputy commissioner.
An investigation has been ordered by the police head- quarters. One of the senior officers said an officer in the rank of additional commissioner of police would probe the incident.