Police constable commits suicide at DC residence

CHAMARAJNAGAR: An armed police constable posted to guard the DC's official residence on Friday shot himself dead with his service rifle.
Mani, 26, reported to work at 1 pm when he looked disturbed. He sat inside the guard room located just outside the gate and shot himself in the abdomen with the 303 service rifle at 2 pm. He died at the spot, SP Rajendra Prasad told The Times of India.He has left a death note explaining the reasons. He was upset because the girl he loved was getting engaged to somebody else, he said. The discussion about the engagement was held on Thursday.
Attached to the District Armed Reserve (DAR), he belongs to 2008 batch and was assigned to guard the DC residence for 10 days. This was his eight day on duty and he was to hand over the charge to his reliever at 5 pm. He is native of Belawadi in Gundulpet. DC K R Sundar and the SP visited the spot.