A police constable reportedly shot himself dead while on duty at a washroom of a police check post in Banani of the capital, say police.
The deceased was identified as police constable Ashrafuzzaman Roni. He was working in Public Order Management (POM) South Division of ASTF Company. He used to live in Mirpur Police Lines.
He was posted at the Banani 11 police check post since morning.
Police claimed that he committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with his own issued pistol.
Roni's colleagues heard a gunshot soon after Rony entered the bathroom of the check post.
Pushing open the door, they entered and saw Roni lying in a bloodstained state.
Roni was brought to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital in a critical condition at around 8am where duty doctor declared him dead after examination.
Confirming the matter, Banani police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Mostafizur Rahman said that the constable named Roni committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with his own issued pistol after entering the washroom of Banani check post no 11 around 6:50am.
However, it is not yet known the reason behind his suicide.
The deceased Ashrafuzzaman Roni was the resident of Chandrapara village of Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district.
He joined the police as a constable in 2020.
