NARAYANPUR: A head constable allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon inside a police station in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Thursday, an official said.
The incident took place at around 10:30am in the Kohkameta police station, located in Maoist-hit area of the district, but the exact reason behind the suicide was not yet known, he said.
Head constable Arun Uikey shot himself with an Insas rifle inside a barrack.
On hearing the gunshot, his colleagues rushed to the spot and found him lying in a pool of blood, the official said.
The body was sent for post-mortem, he said, adding no suicide note was found at the spot.
Uikey, a native of Dhamtari district, was recently shifted to Kohkameta from Narayanpur town.
He returned to work after Diwali vacation last week, he said.
A case was registered and further probe was underway, the official stated.
