Policeman Kabak Soni shoots self in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: A police constable who was deployed as sentry on duty at a minister’s bungalow here, shot himself in the wee hours on Thursday, a senior police officer said. Constable Kabak Soni of the first Arunachal Armed Police battalion, who was on duty at Environment & Forest Minister Mama Natung’s residence, shot himself at his head from point blank range with his 9 mm carbine machine gun having 20 rounds, Capital superintendent of police (SP) Rohit Rajbir Singh said.

“One round was used by him to shoot in the temple. An empty cartridge and a shot bullet have been recovered,” Singh said, adding the 33-year-old constable hails from Papumpare district of the state. Inquest proceedings were conducted by Niti Vihar police station, the official said. The body of the policeman was handed over to the family members after conducting a post mortem at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) near here, the SP added.

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