Assam: Home Guard Shoots Himself With Pistol At Morigaon Police Station

Guwahati: In an unfortunate incident, a home guard posted at the Morigaon police station allegedly shot himself in the head with a pistol on Sunday.

As per reports, the incident took place near the Superintendent of Police (SP), Morigaon.

The Home Guard was identified as Rantu Medhi and was a resident of the Kahibari area in the Morigaon district.

Reportedly, it has come to the fore that he was struggling with some personal issues following which he took this drastic step. However, it is yet to be ascertained the exact reason.

In this regard, an investigation is underway.

Notably, a few days back, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (Traffic) Dinakanta Sonowal (50), a resident of the Tinsukia by-pass allegedly committed suicide after he shot himself from his service revolver at the traffic room within the Tinsukia Sadar Police Station at around 3.30 pm.

Though he was immediately shifted to the Tinsukia Civil Hospital in critical condition, he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.

Meanwhile, Police are tight-lipped about the incident so also it could not be ascertained why Sonowal took such an extreme step. His wife and two children-son and daughter were reportedly out of the station.

Notably, as per reports, as many as 35 personnel of various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), Assam Rifles, and National Security Guard (NSG) committed suicide in Assam during the five-year period between 2017 and 2021.

This is the highest number of suicides in the North-East by Central armed personnel during the five-year period. Tripura is second with 27 suicides. On the other hand, Meghalaya registered nine suicides, Manipur eight, Mizoram five, and Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland each registered two suicides.

Of the suicides registered in Assam, eight occurred in 2017, four in 2018, five in 2019, 11 in 2020, and seven in 2021.

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