Dantewara: DSP commits suicide

However, SP Dantewara Rahul Sharma said the officer was a little tensed, which might have forced him to commit suicide. 8220;We have informed the family at Dalli Rajhara and are investigating the matter,8221; the SP added.

The 36-year-old officer was posted with the Special Branch of the district police. Thakur had served in Naxalite-affected areas for a majority of his about 15-year-long service. 8220;The officer was first posted in the Maoist-affected Sarguja district and was later shifted to Dantewara, another extremist affected district,8221; said a senior officer.

The police sources said flawed posting policy of the Chhattisgarh Police can be one of the reasons behind the suicide.

8220;The Government should try and formulate a transfer policy wherein an officer serves in a troubled area for a fixed tenure and is given the next posting in a non-trouble area,8221; a source said.

This is not the first case where a senior police officer has committed suicide while on duty. In 1992, a 1984 batch Indian Police Service officer Alok Tandon shot himself to death from his AK-47 rifle in Bastar, after he was reportedly denied leave.

In another incident, two jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force were grievously injured during a routine patrolling between Aranpur and Palwar after they stepped over pressure bombs planted by Naxalites.