BHUBANESWAR: Police on Friday recovered the body of a senior police officer hanging from the ceiling in his house in Laxmisagar area. The deceased, Pramod Kumar Satapathy (54) was posted as an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) in the intelligence wing of the commissionerate police here.
The DSP rank officer's tragic death marred the 76th Orissa Police Formation Day celebration on Friday in the city. Prima facie, police said it was a case of suicide. Though the motive behind his alleged suicide was not ascertained, police suspect Satapathy could have ended his life due to depression relating to family problems.
"He was upset for the past few days. But the cause of his depression is still unknown. He had recently taken leave for a few days," the police officer added.
Satapathy is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons. His youngest son, Guru, expressed ignorance over the possible cause of his father's suicide'. "He was sad for the last few days. But he never discussed it with us," said Guru, a Plus Two Science student in a private college here. " My father was always worried about our future," he said.
Satapthy used to sleep alone in his room. "He usually woke up early for morning walk. However, seeing his room closed till 7.30 am, we knocked on his door," Guru said. "When he did not respond, we sensed something was amiss and informed police," he added.
"We found his body hanging from the ceiling. The room was latched from inside. We broke the door to enter the room. He used a cloth to hang himself. We rushed him to hospital, but doctors declared him dead," a police officer said. "There was a ligature mark on his neck," he added.
Satapathy's neighbours were shocked to hear about the whole incident. "We used to meet everyday during morning walk. I had talked with him on Thursday. He looked a bit upset," Raghab Chandra Sethi, a neighbour said.
Satapathy had joined the police force as a cadet sub-inspector on January 1, 1979. He had earlier worked as inspector with the special branch in Rourkela and DSP (crime) in Sundargarh. A number of police officials, including police commissioner B K Sharma, paid tribute to Satapathy.
The DSP rank officer's tragic death marred the 76th Orissa Police Formation Day celebration on Friday in the city. Prima facie, police said it was a case of suicide. Though the motive behind his alleged suicide was not ascertained, police suspect Satapathy could have ended his life due to depression relating to family problems.
"He was upset for the past few days. But the cause of his depression is still unknown. He had recently taken leave for a few days," the police officer added.
Satapathy is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons. His youngest son, Guru, expressed ignorance over the possible cause of his father's suicide'. "He was sad for the last few days. But he never discussed it with us," said Guru, a Plus Two Science student in a private college here. " My father was always worried about our future," he said.
Satapthy used to sleep alone in his room. "He usually woke up early for morning walk. However, seeing his room closed till 7.30 am, we knocked on his door," Guru said. "When he did not respond, we sensed something was amiss and informed police," he added.
"We found his body hanging from the ceiling. The room was latched from inside. We broke the door to enter the room. He used a cloth to hang himself. We rushed him to hospital, but doctors declared him dead," a police officer said. "There was a ligature mark on his neck," he added.
Satapathy's neighbours were shocked to hear about the whole incident. "We used to meet everyday during morning walk. I had talked with him on Thursday. He looked a bit upset," Raghab Chandra Sethi, a neighbour said.
Satapathy had joined the police force as a cadet sub-inspector on January 1, 1979. He had earlier worked as inspector with the special branch in Rourkela and DSP (crime) in Sundargarh. A number of police officials, including police commissioner B K Sharma, paid tribute to Satapathy.
