Police Officer Shoots Himself While On Duty Inside Silchar Sadar Police Station

Guwahati: In an unfortunate incident an on-duty Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) has shot himself with his service revolver inside the police station.

The deceased has been identified as Gaur Bidhu Singh and is a resident of Udharbond in the Moynarbond area.

The incident unravelled when the officer, who was on duty at Silchar Sadar Police Station, removed his service revolver and shot himself on his head while he was sitting in his own chair. The police officials heard the sound of a gunshot at around 3:00 PM and immediately realized that the ASI has shot himself.

The officer's dead body was recovered by the Superintendent of Cachar Police, Dr Ramandeep Kaur, who immediately rushed to the Silchar Sadar Police Station after receiving the news. The body has been sent to Silchar Medical College and Hospital for postmortem.

His family members were devastated by the sudden demise of ASI Singh and have rushed to the police station. Cachar police are yet to release an official statement on the chain of events.

Earlier, a traffic policeman posted in the Bhangagarh Police Station was found dead under mysterious circumstances on March 11. Police sources identified the deceased policeman as Biplab Sinha, who was aged around 29 years.

Sinha had gone asleep inside a cot in the police station after duty hours on the night of March 10  and he was found dead the following morning. The sources said that the cause of death was yet to be ascertained.

After failing to establish contact with him, his colleagues searched him and found his body lying on a bed.

Speaking to the media, Singh's senior termed him as a brave and daring person.

''He (Biplab) arrived at 10.15 PM and I left around 11 PM. While we were talking to each other, Singha sought some phone numbers of doctors. Since I have been in this station for a long time, I have helped several people coming for treatment and also know many doctors,'' he added.

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