However, #Coimbatore City Police Commissioner A. Saravana Sundar denied the allegations, and claimed that it was a case of loss of life by suicide.
The deceased has been recognized as A. Rajan, a resident of Kamarajar Nagar at Ramachettipalayam close to #Perur.
The Commissioner informed journalists that Rajan had come to the police station at 11.19 p.m. on Tuesday (August 5) and informed constable Senthil Kumar, who was on obligation as station sentry, that he was being chased by a gaggle of individuals. As no suspected motion of individuals was discovered outdoors the station, Mr. Senthil Kumar requested him to go house and return Wednesday morning.
“The man went to the primary flooring of the station by means of a staircase [inside the building] when the constable was attending an official name contained in the station. The man entered the room of the SI of the investigation wing and ended his life. The constable was not conscious that the person had gone to the primary flooring,” in accordance with Mr. Sundar.
The Commissioner claimed the loss of life got here to gentle when the SI went to his room on Wednesday morning after the roll name. The room was discovered locked from the within. The SI opened the room utilizing drive, after ready for a while, and located Rajan useless.
He mentioned the physique was shifted to the mortuary of the #Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, and that an inquest by a Justice of the Peace can be performed.
The Commissioner mentioned Rajan received down from a non-public bus at Prakasam bus cease and went to the police outpost at Town Hall at 11.15 p.m. on Tuesday. After spending 5 minutes on the outpost, he went to Bazaar Street police station through Pothy’s Junction.
“The deceased was recognized from a pocket diary he carried. His members of the family informed us that Rajan acted as if he was hallucinating for the previous few days, usually stating that he was being tailed by 10 to twenty individuals,” he mentioned.
‘Approached Justice of the Peace’
G. Karthikeyan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, #Coimbatore South, mentioned Rajan had approached a Justice of the Peace on Tuesday morning and mentioned he was being chased by a gaggle of individuals. The Justice of the Peace, in flip, directed the #Perur police to test the matter, as he hailed from the #Perur police station limits. Rajan later roamed round totally different components of the town, earlier than approaching the Bazaar Street police station at evening, mentioned Mr. Karthikeyan.
The officer added that constable Senthil Kumar and investigation wing SI Nagaraj had been shifted to the Armed Reserve in reference to the incident.
Mr. Sundar acknowledged just one policeman was current on the station when the incident occurred. He added disciplinary motion can be initiated towards police personnel for negligence that led to the alleged suicide.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal ideas is offered on the State’s well being helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050).
Published – August 06, 2025 01:37 pm IST
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