Kanpur: Perturbed over brutal attack on his two sons by a group of locals and alleged indifference of police in the matter, a retired police head constable committed suicide by shooting himself from his licenced firearm in Orai’s Patel Nagar locality under the limits of Kotwali police station in Jalaun district on Tuesday night. He sustained serious bullet wounds and succumbed later.
Shyam Charan Dwivedi, who served as a head constable in state police, had retired in December 2020.
The sequence of events date back to March 1, when Shyam Charan’s two sons Ajay and Vijay were allegedly thrashed by locals Jeetu Pandit, Ratnesh, Tiger Pandit, Ujjwal Pal and Nikhil Patel and their associates over some issue. On Tuesday, when Shyam Charan went to lodge an FIR in this regard with the local Kotwali police, he was allegedly shooed out of the Kotwali police station premises.
A dejected Shyam Charan returned home and later went inside his room and allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself from his licenced rifle and died on the spot.
In the complaint, Dwivedi’s two sons had named eight persons including Jeetu Pandit, Ratnesh, Tiger Pandit, Ujjwal Pal and Nikhil Patel for provoking their father to commit suicide.
“We have booked the eight accused under relevant IPC sections, including 306 (abetment of suicide). Raids are underway to make arrest of the accused possible. A further probe has also been ordered to investigate the Kotwali police’s role into the matter,” said SP Yesh Veer Singh.