Madurai: Cop on bank duty shoots himself dead

MADURAI: A police constable attached to the Sivaganga armed reserve police battalion committed suicide on Monday morning by shooting himself with a rifle at a public sector undertaking bank in Thirupattur, where he was on duty.
V Yogeswaran, a 2013 batch constable, was serving in the Coimbatore armed reserve police battalion before he was transferred to Sivaganga district. He was a native of Arittapatti village near Melur, located around 50km away from Thirupattur.Yogeswaran, a bachelor, was given accommodation in the same building where the bank functions. He was sharing the accommodation along with some of his colleagues.
As soon as his colleagues left the room in the morning, Yogeswaran locked locked himself inside it. He shot himself on his head using an SLR type rifle, which was issued to him. On hearing the gunshot, security personnel and bank officials rushed to the bathroom and found him dead.
On being alerted, a police team from the Thirupattur Town police station rushed to the spot and conducted an inquiry. The body was shifted to the Sivaganga government medical college hospital for postmortem. His family members were also informed.
A police officer said Yogeswaran was a soft-spoken person and and was punctual in his duty. The extreme step taken by him left his friends shocked. “We are yet to find the reason behind the extreme step. He did not leave any suicide note behind. His colleague did not find him under any depression. A detailed inquiry is under way,” he said.