A 40-year-old police official in Maharashtra's Nagpur city allegedly committed suicide by electrocuting himself after touching a distribution panel (DP) box on Monday, an official said, according to the PTI.

The police constable, Kashinath Bhagwan Karade, a native of Satara district allegedly electrocuted himself in Gittikhadan police station area in the afternoon, the official said, reported the PTI.