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Woman cop commits suicide at Kolkata airport

| | Oct 13, 2016, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IBNS): An on-duty woman constable of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) committed suicide in the wee hours of Thursday at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI-CCU) Airport in Kolkata, officials said.

According to reports, the nearly 20-year-old constable from Assam- Lagni Biswas- shot herself dead with her service revolver, when she was on duty near airport's Gate number 3.

"We heard a sound of gunshot from Gate number 3 rushed to the scene, where the body of the woman constable was found in a pool of blood," a senior official of CISF told IBNS.

"She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was declared brought dead," the official added.

Police recovered a suicide note from her and have started investigation into the matter, an official of Bidhannagar City Police told IBNS.

The constable's body  has been sent for post mortem.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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