Updated Feb 27, 2021 | 09:21 IST
A Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector allegedly died by suicide inside a PCR van near Zakhira Flyover in the national capital. Delhi Police ASI has committed suicide [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
The incident happened when other on-duty policemen were out of the PCR van.
A probe has been initiated to find the reason behind his extreme step.
New Delhi: A Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) has allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself inside a PCR van near Zakhira Flyover in the national capital.
The deceased has been identified as ASI Tejpal. He was on duty when he allegedly shot himself dead inside the PCR van near Zakhira Flyover. The incident happened when other on-duty policemen were out of the vehicle. The police have initiated a probe to ascertain the reason that pushed him to take the extreme step.
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Updated Feb 25, 2021 | 22:11 IST
In the purported suicide note recovered from his Defence Colony residence, the retired IFS officer said he was not keeping well and doesn t wish to live longer. The victim is survived by his wife and two children. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The police have recovered a purported suicide note from the retired officer s house.
New Delhi: A retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer has allegedly shot himself dead at his residence in Defence Colony in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The 81-year-old deceased officer has been identified as Ranjeet Sethi. The police have recovered a purported suicide note from the retired officer s house.
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The foreign services officer shot himself in Delhi today, police said. (Representational)
New Delhi:
An 81-year-old retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer allegedly shot himself dead with a pistol at his house in the south Delhi s Defence Colony area on Wednesday morning, police said.
Ranjeet Sethi also left a suicide note stating that he does not want to live any longer, they said.
Police were informed around 7.25 am that a man had shot himself in his house in Defence Colony. Mr Sethi s domestic help made a call to police stating that he was alive and needed an ambulance.
On reaching the spot, police found that Mr Sethi had allegedly shot himself in his room. He was immediately moved to Moolchand Hospital for treatment, but later succumbed, said senior police official Atul Kumar Thakur.