Lady police officer found hanging at friend's residence in Bengaluru

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: December 17, 2020 03:02 PM2020-12-17T15:02:57+5:302020-12-17T15:05:51+5:30

A 33-year-old Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) posted at Criminal Investigation Department (CID) died by suicide at a friend's ...

Lady police officer found hanging at friend's residence in Bengaluru | Lady police officer found hanging at friend's residence in Bengaluru

Lady police officer found hanging at friend's residence in Bengaluru

A 33-year-old Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) posted at Criminal Investigation Department (CID) died by suicide at a friend's house in Annapoorneshwari Nagar police station limits in West Bengaluru, on Wednesday night.Police said that the deceased Lakshmi V, a resident of Konanakunte in South Bengaluru, had gone for dinner at her friend Manu's residence located in Vinayaka Layout on Wednesday. She reached the spot around 7 pm and locked herself in a room around 10 pm. As Lakshmi didn't come out after a while, Manu broke open the door and found her hanging. 

He immediately brought her down and rushed to a private hospital, where she was declared brought dead.We have registered an unnatural death case and are investigating into the matter. We will question her friend Manu, a contractor, and her family members in connection with the incident. The officer has married about eight years ago and had no children. Depression is suspected to have driven her to take the extreme step," sources said.Lakshmi, a Karnataka State Police Service (KSPS) officer, was an officer of the batch of 2014 and was appointed in 2017. She hailed from Maasthi village in Malur taluk of Kolar district, the police added. 

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