India News | Cop Hangs Self in UP's Bareilly out of 'depression'

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A police constable allegedly hanged himself at his residence in Subhash Nagar area here, police said on Wednesday.

Bareilly (UP), Jul 13 (PTI) A police constable allegedly hanged himself at his residence in Subhash Nagar area here, police said on Wednesday.

SSP Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj said that Constable Virendra Pratap Singh, posted in the traffic police in Moradabad, hanged himself with his shirt in his house late on Tuesday night.

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Quoting the family, the SSP said that Singh had a long-running dispute with his wife because of which he was in depression.

He had also been drinking alcohol regularly, the SSP said, adding that Singh's wife has been living with her parents for almost last two years.

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The police have registered a case and started an investigation. The post mortem of the body has been done, the SSP said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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