LUCKNOW A UP Police constable allegedly shot himself dead with his service pistol at his residence in Police Lines here on Friday evening. He was in the security of a high court judge, said AK Singh, SHO, Mahanagar.
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“His wife, who is also a constable and posted in Lucknow, was in the kitchen when he shot himself with the service pistol,” he added.
The pistol has been recovered along with a shell, he added. “We have sent the body for a post-mortem examination,” he said, adding, “No suicide note has been recovered from the house.”
“So far, we could not ascertain the motive behind the extreme step,” said the SHO.