A police sub-inspector (SI) died by gunshot to the head from his own pistol while on duty at the Shar Karkhana Police Outpost in Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria, on Wednesday morning.
The incident took place at around 7:30am. The deceased, Jahangir Alam, 52, was the officer-in-charge of the outpost. He was the son of the late Ali Akbar Talukder of Purba Khabashpur in Kotwali Upazila of Faridpur.
According to police sources, Jahangir went for a walk after offering Fajr prayers, as he did every day. He returned to the outpost after his walk. A short while later, a gunshot was heard.
Police personnel entered his room and found him lying on the floor in a pool of blood. His service pistol was lying beside him.
The reason behind his death remains unclear, and no one has been able to establish who took his life.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration) of Brahmanbaria, Arafatul Islam, claimed that Jahangir had allegedly died by suicide using his service pistol at the outpost.
He said police personnel from Ashuganj police station had been sent to the scene. The body was later taken to Brahmanbaria 250-bed General Hospital for an autopsy.