Drug peddler shoots self with country-made gun

Amritsar, December 13

An alleged drug peddler, identified as Sajan, alias Bablu, committed suicide by shooting himself with a country-made weapon at Devidaspura village here on Saturday.

The police said he was facing seven cases under the NDPS Act and had come out on bail. His brother Rahul, alias Dana, was a gangster who had around 27 criminal cases registered against him. He was currently in jail.

Harchand Singh, SHO, Jandiala police station, said he shot himself with a country-made weapon, which was seized by the police. The weapon was provided to him by his brother Rahul. He said inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC had been started and the body was handed over to the family after a postmortem. Sajan used to run an auto-rickshaw. He said he was heavily drunk when he returned home. After coming home, he entered his room and shot himself. — TNS