A police officer deployed in the security duty near the SVP National Police Academy for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit shot himself to death creating a sensation in the area.
Sub-Inspector police Sridhar, who was requisitioned from his home district Komaram Bheem for the security duty for the ongoing All India Director Generals of Police conference in Hyderabad committed suicide sometime late last night or in the wee hours of Saturday.
The incident came to light when another SI came in the morning to relieve Sridhar. He found the SI in a pool of blood with a bullet wound in his chest.
Sridhar who was deployed on the 19th floor of a high rise building at Mylardevpally, 2 kms away from the NPA shot him self with his service revolver, police said.
Sridhar belonged to 2012 batch was serving as a Sub-Inspector at Chintalamanepalli police station.
The probe was on into the cause of suicide, police said. Failure in love was being suspect as the cause of the extreme step. Source said that Sridhar was in love with a Home Guard but the family was opposed to his marriage.
The incident occurred when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was spending the night at the NPA following his arrival in Hyderabad to attend the DGPs annual conference.
Apart from the DGPs, inspectors generals from all the states and union territories and officials of the para military forces and other security agencies have gathered in Hyderabad for the conference.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had inaugurated the conference on Friday evening.