Darbhanga SSP's guard kills self eight days before wedding

PATNA: Darbhanga SSP Babu Ram's escort guard, Chintu Kumar (22), allegedly shot himself dead with his service weapon on Tuesday.
A native of Karpi in Bihar's Arwal district, Chintu had joined service two years ago and was supposed to get married on June 24.
The suicide took place around 10am in one of the barracks on the SSP's official premises under Laheriasarai police station in Darbhanga district.The SSP is home quarantined after testing positive for coronavirus.
On hearing two gunshots, Chintu's colleagues rushed to the barracks to find him lying in a pool of blood, Laheriasarai police station in-charge Singh said.
"Chintu had one gunshot injury in his neck. He had used the INSAS rifle allotted to him. He was rushed to Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him brought dead," Singh said.