GRP head constable shoots himself with service weapon in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: A 35-year-old Government Railway Police (GRP) head constable committed suicide allegedly by shooting himself with his service weapon in the toilet of GRP Prayagraj police line under the limits of Khuldabad police station on Monday morning. He was posted at GRP Kanpur and had come to Prayagraj on escort duty on Ajmer-Sealdah Express train.
No suicide note was recovered from him. The reason behind the deceased taking the extreme step is still unknown.The body has been sent for post mortem, police said.
The incident, according to the police, took place at around 9:40 am when some policemen in the GRP police line heard two gunshots and ran towards the toilet. On reaching there, they spotted the head constable, identified as Chintamani Yadav, a resident of Manda in Prayagraj, lying in a pool of blood. They rushed him to a hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead.
Deputy SP (GRP) Amit Srivastava said, “The deceased head constable, posted at GRP Kanpur, had come to Prayagraj on Sunday as he was assigned escort duty in Ajmer-Sealdah Express train. He had to return to Kanpur on Monday on escort duty in the same train. He was staying in barrack number two of the GRP Prayagraj police line.”
Police said that Yadav had joined the police force in 2005 as a constable.
Reports said the policemen at GRP police line were shocked when they heard two gunshots and spotted the head constable in a critical condition. They arranged a vehicle to take the critically injured head constable to a hospital. A bullet had reportedly pierced the head of the deceased.
Upon receiving information, senior GRP police authorities also rushed to the spot and carried out investigations.