A police constable died by suicide in Hyderabad’s Malakpet area on Wednesday, January 1. He was reportedly depressed over some issues.
The deceased constable was identified as 36-year-old Janavath Kiran, a constable from the 2014 batch. Kiran was deployed at the Filmnagar police station in Hyderabad for the last few months. He applied for leave and was found hanging in his room.
Malakpet Inspector P Naresh said, “We went to the constable’s house and shifted the body to a mortuary for postmortem. A case of abatement to suicide under section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanahita (BNS) has been registered and the investigation is underway.”