UP: Sub-inspector deployed for CM Yogi's security ends life
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A sub-inspector (SI), drawn for UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's security, allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver at his residence in Gorakhpur, UP, apparently over a domestic dispute, the police said today.
The incident took place last evening at the residence of the deceased, Vikas Singh (35), in Gorakhpur's Budh Vihar area under the Khorabar police station limits, they said.
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Deceased killed himself with his service revolver
The sub-inspector killed himself with his service revolver. The revolver has been seized and his body sent for post-mortem. According to the initial probe, a domestic dispute seems to be the reason behind the suicide, Superintendent of Police (City) Vinay Kumar Singh said.
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Deceased shot himself when he was with his wife
Vikas Singh was posted as sub-inSPector at Gulahura police station in Siddharthnagar district and had come to Gorakhpur for the duty of the Chief Minister's security, the SP said.
"He shot himself when he was with his wife in a room," the SP said, adding that the rest of the family was on the terrace at the time of the incident.
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Deceased's brother says the couple fighting on that day
"The couple were fighting on the day of the incident. I, my mother, Vikas' daughter Sona (2) and three-month-old son Shivansh were on the terrace," the deceased's younger brother, Abhilash Singh, said.
"Suddenly at around 8:00pm we heard a shot being fired. When we came down, I saw the blood-soaked body of my brother lying on the sofa and bangles scattered around," he said.