Constable commits suicide inside police station

Varanasi, July 16: A police constable has committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside the Lohta police station here.

Amlendra Upadhayay (40), posted at the Lohta police station was slated to leave for night duty in a bank at 0000 hrs.

He went to his barrack in the police station premises to collect his rifle, but moments later shot himself with the same weapon, police said here last night.

Amlendra succumbed to wounds on the spot.

A resident of neighbouring Balia district, Amlendra was suffering from mental illness and had also indulged in noisy spats with colleagues and seniors in the past, police added.

Senior police officials, including Police Superintendent (City) Arun Kumar Pandey rushed to the spot.

UNI