New Delhi: A 53-year-old Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) assistant sub-inspector committed suicide at the residence of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) director in Delhi. Police said on Saturday that he shot himself dead with his service gun.
Delhi Police said on preliminary investigation, Rajbir Kumar (53) fired two rounds from his service revolver at the IB director’s residence under Tughlaq Road police station limits around 4.15 pm on Friday.
Police said that Rajbir Kumar’s body has been sent for post-mortem and things will be clear only after the report.
Investigators said that no suicide note was found at the scene.
The District Forensic Crime Team has been called to recover fingerprints from the spot. Police are investigating the reason behind the incident. Rajbir Kumar is a native of Madhya Pradesh. The family was informed and inquest proceedings under Section 174 CrPC were initiated.
According to available data, 123 CRPF jawans committed suicide in 2017, 96 in 2018, 129 in 2019, 137 in 2020, and 153 in 2021 in the paramilitary wing.
