Overview
- Jagbir Singh, 49, was found unconscious around 2:30 am in the guard room at Rao Narbir Singh’s Civil Lines residence and was declared dead at a private hospital.
- Police say he likely consumed a chemical used in agriculture and report no suicide note, with a packet of the suspected substance recovered from the spot.
- An FIR for abetment of suicide was registered at Civil Lines police station on a written complaint by the constable’s wife.
- Seven people, including the village sarpanch and her husband, were booked after the family alleged a social boycott and threats linked to a nephew’s inter-clan marriage.
- A post-mortem was completed and the body handed over to the family, while colleagues are being questioned and the investigation continues.