A jawan of District Police allegedly committed suicide on intervening night of Sunday and Monday by hanging himself to a ceiling fan at his police lines colony based residential quarter falling under Kotwali Police Station jurisdiction, police said.
Station House Officer (SHO), Kotwali, Shivanand Tiwari informed that neighbours informed the police on Monday morning and police immediately rushed the spot.
The name of the deceased is Lok Pratap Singh, a native of Pithora region of the Mahasamund District.
Singh was alone in the residential quarter as his wife and a lone child had gone to his in-laws house a few days ago on the occasion of local festival ‘Teej’, he said.
The reason behind Singh committing suicide is yet to be known and we can comment only after post mortem report comes, Tiwari said.
The deceased was posted as a driver with the District Police , police said.
He was alone since past couple of days and when some neighbour peeped inside his house on suspicion found him hanging to the ceiling, police said.
The family members have been intimated and after sending the body for post mortem police is further investigating into the matter.