Dehradun: The body of Lieutenant Colonel Sudeep Bhagat, who allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday in Srinagar (Kashmir), arrived in Doon on Thursday evening.
The officer’s family members, currently residing in Dehradun’s Harrawala, said he was a happy person, and like every day called his wife and children at 8 am, barely hours before shooting himself.
Bhagat’s body was found at an Army depot in Khonmoh area of Srinagar on Wednesday afternoon.The incident came to light after the Army officer s colleagues heard gunshots from the area and went to the depot where they found him in a pool of blood. His body was sent to Chandigarh after post-mortem. Bhagat’s younger brother Uttam Negi told TOI, “This has come as a big shock for us. We are at a loss to know what could have prompted my brother to take this step.”