Haryana ASI commits suicide in Rohtak

Chandigarh: A Haryana Police assistant sub-inspector allegedly shot himself dead in Rohtak district, a senior police official said on Tuesday.

“Sandeep shot himself,” the official said.

His full name was not immediately known.

Asked about speculation over a suicide note, the official said, “We are checking. Investigations are at a preliminary stage.”

Sandeep’s alleged suicide comes in the backdrop of the escalating controversy over the death of senior police officer Y Puran Kumar, who was found with a gunshot wound in his Chandigarh home on October 7. Kumar, 52, had recently been posted as inspector general, Police Training Centre (PTC), in Sunaria, Rohtak.