Sandeep Kumar, a 2023-batch sub-inspector, was found dead near Nagpur in Dharampur along the Varanasi-Chhapra rail section late Saturday evening. Responding officials from local police, the Government Railway Police, and forensic units recovered the officer's mobile phone and motorbike alongside the tracks after receiving a report from a loco pilot. A subsequent inquiry revealed Kumar was in an extramarital relationship with Gond, who is accused of blackmailing him. Kumar, who was married with an infant child, was honored by fellow officers at the police lines following his postmortem examination.
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Police arrested a 22-year-old woman on charges of suicide abetment following an official…: Police arrested a 22-year-old woman on charges of suicide abetment following an official complaint by the deceased officer's wife.
Sandeep Kumar had delayed an assigned transfer to the Pakri police station in order to as…: Sandeep Kumar had delayed an assigned transfer to the Pakri police station in order to assist with Chhath festival duties.
Senior officials conducted a guard of honor and observed a two-minute silence for the dec…: Senior officials conducted a guard of honor and observed a two-minute silence for the deceased 2023-batch sub-inspector at the police lines.
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VARANASI: A 2023-batch police sub-inspector,
Sandeep Kumar, 28, committed suicide by jumping before a moving train late Saturday evening near Nagpur in Dharampur on the Varanasi-Chhapra rail route in Ballia district.
Initial investigation of police exposed that already married Kumar was in extra marital relation with a 22-year-old woman of Sikandarpur, who had been blackmailing him.
Ballia SP Iraj Raja on Sunday said that following collection of evidences and lodging of a complaint by Kumar's wife the accused woman Roli Gond was arrested from an orchard near the railway station on the charges of abetment of suicide.
Police investigation also cleared that the same woman had also lodged two rape cases against a police constable in past and the latter is still lodged in jail.
Earlier, the incident came to light when a train’s loco pilot informed the Chitbaragaon station master through a memo that someone had jumped before his moving train to commit suicide.
On being alerted by railway officials Chitbadagaon police and GRP reached the spot, where Kumar's motorbike and mobile phone were found lying near the railway…
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