Gorakhpur,

07 Aug (HS): A security personnel of the Defense Security Corps (DSC) posted on

duty at Gorakhpur Airport in Uttar Pradesh committed suicide by shooting

himself with his service rifle on Thursday morning. As soon as the information

was received, AIIMS police station reached the spot. While investigating, the police

took the body into custody and sent it for postmortem and started investigating

the reasons behind the suicide.

Superintendent

of Police Abhinav Tyagi said that Jitendra Singh (49), originally a resident of

Ankol village of Mater police station area under Chhapra district of Bihar

state, was a retired Lance Naik from the Indian Army. These days he was

deployed in security by the Defense Security Corps (DSC) at Gorakhpur Airport

and was living in a rented house in Jharna Tola area here. Today at around four

o'clock, while on duty in the runway area of the airport, security personnel

Jitendra suddenly shot self with his AK-103 rifle. On hearing the sound of the

bullet, other security personnel deployed nearby reached the spot and informed

the senior officers about the situation. The medical team was called, but by

then the soldier had died. On this information, AIIMS police station reached

the spot and took the body of the deceased security personnel into custody and

collected evidence from the spot.

During

interrogation, colleagues told that the deceased security guard Jitendra Singh

was known for his very calm nature, disciplined lifestyle and honest dedication.

Everyone is shocked over his suicide. Prima facie, family discord or mental

stress is being considered the reason for suicide. The family members have been

informed about the incident and the body has been sent for postmortem and

investigation is being done.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi