This story is from December 2, 2020

SAP jawan commits suicide in Rohtas dist

SAP jawan commits suicide in Rohtas dist
PATNA: A 55-year-old SAP jawan Shiv Kumar Ojha committed suicide by shooting himself with a self-loading rifle (SLR) inside a police barrack under Nauhatta police station in Rohtas district on Tuesday.
Police said Ojha took the extreme step barely two hours after returning from his native village Pachkaiya under Belsar police outpost in Vaishali district.
He had returned to the barrack four days before his sanctioned 10 days leave.
Ojha, who returned to the barrack around 4 am, took out his SLR from his box and shot himself around 6 am hitting his chick and neck. Other SAP jawans, who were busy in daily chorus, rushed to the barrack after hearing the sound of gunshot. He, however, died on the spot. Later a police team led by ASP Sanjay Kumar visited the spot and inquired about the incident. The SLR belonging to the deceased jawan was sent for ballistic examination. An FSL team from Patna also collected evidence from the spot.
The SHO (in-charge) of Nauhatta police station, N P Singh said that Ojha was deputed at Nahatta police camp after the shifting of CRPF personnel on November 23. He had proceeded on leave and gone to his native village.
“Ojha was in duress after returning from home. He talked to a sentry on duty before proceeding towards the police barrack. He shot himself with his SLR before anybody could suspect anything foul,” a police officer associated with the investigation said.
The deceased’s wife had committed suicide by setting herself on fire about three months ago. “He was very unhappy with his son, who has, of late, turned into a drug addict,” the investigating officer said.
The postmortem was conducted at the Sasaram sadar hospital after the arrival of close relatives of Ojha, who was earlier deputed at Tilauthu police station in Rohtas district. A case of unnatural death (UD) has been lodged with the Nauhatta police station.
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