Tamil Nadu: Top cop shoots himself dead in Coimbatore, Oppn demands probe

An IPS officer posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police DIG allegedly died by suicide after he shot himself early on Friday police saidTamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi Chief Minister M K Stalin and Leader of Opposition K Palaniswami among others condoled the death of C Vijayakumar DIG Coimbatore rangePalaniswami the AIADMK general secretary demanded a CBI probe into the officials deathVijayakumar shot himself with his service pistol at his residence at Red Fields in the city a senior police officer said and added the cause for the extreme measure was being ascertainedThe 2009 batch IPS official said to be in his mid40s had assumed charge as DIG in January this year He had served as Deputy Commissioner of Police Anna Nagar Chennai earlierPreviously he had served as Superintendent of Police in Kancheepuram Cuddalore Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts A native of Tamil Nadus Theni district his final rites are likely to be held there official sources saidFollowing postmortem TN Minister M P Saminathan and senior police officials among other paid floral tributes to the mortal remains of the deceasedThis is the second such incident in recent years of a senior official allegedly dying by suicide in Tamil NaduThen Tiruchengode Deputy Superintendent of Police DSP Vishnupriya allegedly died of suicide at her residence in Namakkal district in 2015 She was found hangingGovernor Ravi and others condoled Vijayakumars deathIt is painful for me to learn of the loss of a young and brilliant police officer C Vijayakumar My deepest condolences to his bereaved family Om Shanti the Raj Bhavans official Twitter handle saidIn a tweet Chief Minister Stalin said he was shocked and saddened to hear the sad news of the untimely death of Vijayakumar today Vijayakumar had served Tamil Nadu police force well in various responsibilities including district SP during his tenureHis death is a huge loss to the Tamil Nadu Police department My deepest condolences and sympathies to his family friends and police force the CM tweetedPalaniswami expressed anguish over the death of the police officer He recalled Vijayakumars growth through the ranks and hailed his service in the forceIn a tweet he said Vijayakumars alleged suicide raises many doubts Therefore a CBI probe should be held into the suicide of Vijayakumar IPS and ascertain the truth behind it he urged the Tamil Nadu governmentBJP state chief K Annamalai expressed shock over the incident Tagging the office of TN CM Stalin in a tweet he asked what were the steps taken to address the work burden and fill up the 10000 vacancies in the police departmentOne cannot so easily brush aside the suicide of a senior police official The state government should conduct a serious probe into the matter and take action Annamalai a former IPS officer said in the tweetVarious other leaders including MDMK chief Vaiko PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss and AMMKs T T V Dhinakaran condoled the death of the officerThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever