No suicide note was found at the spot, a police official said.
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The son of a BJP corporator allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a licensed revolver in Maharashtra''s Pune district, police said on Monday. The incident took place in Pimpri Chinchwad area on Sunday night, they said.
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The deceased, Prasanna Shekhar Chinchwade (21), was the son of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's corporator Karuna Chinchwade. No suicide note was found at the spot, a police official said.
"The incident took place around 9.30 pm on Sunday when the entire family was on the lower floor (of their house) after dinner and a gun shot was heard," Chinchwad police station's inspector Sudhakar Kate said.
The bullet was shot in the head, the official said. "The man was rushed to a hospital where he died during treatment," he said.
The police have registered a case of accidental death and a probe is underway to ascertain the reason behind the extreme step, the official said.
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