An inspector with the District Investigation Unit (DIU) posted at CR Park Police Station allegedly shot himself dead on Wednesday evening. The police said that no suicide note had been found and that they are investigating why the officer took the extreme step.
Locked inside toilet
The inspector, who has been identified as Kaushal Ganguly, went to the police station’s malkhana (property room) and asked an officer to issue him a gun around 6 p.m. “He got the pistol issued at 5:50 p.m. on the pretext that he would be deployed for Thursday’s Shab-e-Barat duty,” said DCP (South East) Romil Baaniya.
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Mr. Ganguly then went to the first floor of the building, locked himself inside the toilet and shot himself in the temple.
Upon hearing the gunshot, his colleagues rushed to the toilet and immediately took him to MAX Hospital in Saket where he was declared brought dead.