Varanasi: Police constable shoots self in police lines barrack

VARANASI: A police constable Anil Rai, aged around 51, sprayed bullets on himself with his service carbine at the model barrack of Varanasi rural police lines on Sunday late afternoon.
He died on the spot.
SP Varanasi rural district Amit Verma said, “Rai had five cartridges in the magazine of his carbine and he suffered the same number of injuries in his stomach. To clear whether it was suicide or killing in accidental firing, forensic experts have been engaged in the investigation. No suicide note has been recovered from the spot.”
According to police, around 3.50pm, a burst firing was heard at the barrack of Varanasi rural police line when the cops present in nearby areas ran towards the spot to know the reason. When they entered the barrack, the body of Rai with his carbine was lying on his cot.
The news of the incident brought the officials on their toes. Not only Verma and other officials from Varanasi rural but many senior officers from Varanasi commissionerate police also reached there.
Details collected regarding Rai cleared that he belonged to Kerakat area off Jaunpur district. The officials said that he had arrived in armed police from PAC. The officials were also investigating whether he had deposited his allotted arms and ammunition at the police line’s armoury as per rules or not.
The officials said that Rai had returned to his barrack after completing VIP escort duty on Saturday. His family including his wife and sons Shivam Rai and Priyanshu Rai have been informed about the incident while the body was sent for postmortem.