Shooter kills self to escape pain in Kolkata

HOWRAH: A state-level silver medalist shooter, who had been suffering from neurological problems and depression, reportedly shot himself with his favourite revolver. The family of Amit Dhar (69) told police that he had been mostly confined to his bed for the last three years. Dhar, a resident of Howrah’s Natwar Pal Road, is survived by his wife, two sons and their families.
On Friday morning, Dhar shot himself with the revolver that he always kept with him in bed. Cops sent his body for post-mortem.
A senior police officer said, “We also found a suicide note, in which he wrote that he had unbearable neurological pain and that he did not want to stay alive for this any longer.”