An officer of the Provincial Police Services (PPS) cadre posted as assistant commandant in 28th Battalion of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in Etawah, made a suicide attempt after which his wife also tried to end her life.
The duo had a dispute after which they made the suicide attempt late on Tuesday night. Both were initially rushed to the district hospital from where they were referred to Saifai Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences. The doctors claimed their condition was critical.
Senior Superintendent of Police of Etawah, Sanjay Kumar Verma, along with other officers visited the spot and claimed that domestic issues seemed to be the immediate reason behind their suicide attempt. The police officers are waiting for them to recover before drawing any conclusion.
Reports said that Rakesh Nayak, an assistant commandant in PAC at Etawah, had some dispute with his wife, Jagriti (46), on Tuesday evening and later in the night he hanged himself from the ceiling to end his life. After his wife saw her husband hanging, she took him dead so she also consumed poison to end her life. Both tried to end their lives in the official residence in PAC campus under Friends Colony police station.
In the meantime, some family members noticed them and raised an alarm so the PAC officials rushed them to the district hospital from where the doctors referred them to Saifai PGIMS.
In a separate incident, a couple ended their lives in Farrukhabad. Vikas alias Ramu (22) of village Behta Rajepur Tappamandal of Thana Jahanganj, got into an altercation with his mother, Rekha Devi, over consuming medicine. He later committed suicide by hanging himself on a rosewood tree in a farm at some distance from the house on Tuesday evening.
Vikas’ mother remains ill and is undergoing treatment and this upset Vikas.
Depressed with her husband’s death, Vikas’ wife Neha Devi, also hanged herself on the same tree and ended her life.
The entire family was under shock as Vikas and Neha married just on February 11, 2023.
Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh said that the matter was being investigated and the bodies were shifted for autopsy.
Meanwhile, a 39-year-old man committed suicide after killing his brother-in-law in Mirzapur district. The Incident took place in the Lohita area of the district on Tuesday evening.
According to reports, there was an old land and monetary dispute between the two. The accused, Dinesh Sharma alias Pintu, opened fire on Gopalji in Bakharia village under the jurisdiction of Lohta police station. The incident took place at Gopalji’s residence. After committing the crime Pintu fled. However, after reaching Bankat village he shot himself dead by his licensed 12-bore repeater gun. Meanwhile, Goplaji was rushed to a hospital where he also succumbed to bullet injuries.
The police recovered a repeater gun, 17 live cartridges and empty shells from Bankat. The bodies were sent for post-mortem.
During the preliminary investigation, it was found that Pintu had an old land and monetary dispute with his in-laws. Pintu reportedly reached his in-laws’ place on Tuesday morning with a repeater gun. He reportedly had a brawl with his father-in-law, Rajesh, after which he opened fire on Gopalji. Pintu’s brother-in-law suffered several bullet injuries. Goplaji was taken to a trauma centre by the locals.
Panic gripped the area after the incident. A detailed investigation has been launched into the matter.