Superintendent Tribhuvan Pratap Singh shot himself with a licensed pistol at his residence
A postal officer died by suicide at his residence in Uttar Pradesh a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the publish workplace the place he was stationed to analyze the alleged embezzlement of crores of rupees.
The CBI’s anti-corruption wing had raided the principle publish workplace of Bulandshahr late final night time. Over eight workers, together with a retired subject officer, have been accused of demanding bribes.
Superintendent Tribhuvan Pratap Singh shot himself with a licensed pistol at his residence in Aligarh this morning. Police suspect that Mr Singh was “extraordinarily burdened” because of the raid.
Nevertheless, his household denied he was beneath stress due to the raid. They alleged he was being harassed by a lady and a few officers who have been pressuring him to work for them.
Mr Singh’s brother shared a suicide observe purportedly written by the postal superintendent. Within the observe, written in Hindi on a paper bearing his official letterhead, Mr Singh accused a number of colleagues of attempting to pressure him to work in response to their orders.
“He shared the observe on an workplace WhatsApp group. His colleagues despatched us the observe and we rushed to his home and located it locked from inside. After we broke into the home, we discovered him useless,” mentioned Prempal Singh, his brother.
The observe addressed to Aligarh’s Senior Superintendent of Police has gone viral on social media. The physique has been despatched for postmortem and an investigation is on.
Mr Singh is survived by two kids and spouse.
