The bodyguard of a judicial officer allegedly shot himself lifeless along with his service revolver at his residence in Bihar’s Khagaria police line premises on Thursday morning. He’s the fourth bodyguard who died by suicide within the final six months. The police stated that the constable, a 40-year-old a local of Begusarai district, was posted as a gunner of the extra district and session judge-1 of Khagaria.
“His spouse was within the kitchen and youngsters have been sleeping when he shot himself with the service pistol,” stated an investigating official, including that his colleague heard the gunshots and rushed to the room to seek out him mendacity in a pool of blood on his mattress.
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Khagaria Superintendent of Police, Meenu Kumari, stated the sufferer used his service revolver to shoot himself. “We’re investigating the matter. The style through which the bullet was fired and seeing its route, we will presume that he died by suicide,” she stated.
The firearm has been recovered together with a shell, she added. “We now have despatched the physique for a postmortem examination,” she stated, including, “no be aware has been recovered from the home. An FSL workforce rushed for the spot.”
A case of suicide was registered in Sadar police station and the physique was despatched for postmortem. Whereas the first probe within the case has begun, the police suspect a household dispute behind his excessive step.
Previous incidents
On Jun 16, an escort guard of Darbhanga Senior Superintendent of Police allegedly shot himself lifeless at his barracks located on the SSP’s official residence. On June 12, a bodyguard of a further district and classes choose (ADJ), Katihar, allegedly died by suicide by capturing himself in his head. The deceased hailed from Begusarai. In one other incident, an SSB police constable allegedly took his life by capturing himself along with his service rifle at 29th battalion camp at Gurpa in Gaya district on Could 12.
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A police constable and bodyguard of DSP (East) allegedly shot himself along with his AK-47 rifle in Muzaffarpur district on February 2. Earlier this 12 months in January, a 27-year-old police constable shot lifeless his 24-year-old spouse with an AK-47 rifle and later shot himself with the identical weapon in Sitamarhi district.