KOLKATA: A 37-year-old police constable on sentry duty at Baranagar police station shot himself with his .303 rifle a half past midnight on Sunday. Colleagues are shocked by the death, more so because Debojyoti Mukhopadhyay did not have any apparent reason for suicide.
Police officers, who investigated the scene, say he positioned the rifle barrel under his chin and pulled the trigger with his toe. At 3.7 feet, the .303 is a long rifle and is cumbersome to manoeuvre — not an easy way to shoot oneself, whether by accident or design. The bullet exited and blew a hole in the fibreglass sentry shed. Police are not sure what drove him to kill himself. They are hoping Debojyoti's family can shed some light on why the policeman was so depressed.
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