Officials said the incident was reported from Mewala Maharajpur metro station on the violet line at about 7:40 AM when constable Alpesh Rathod (30) was found lying in a pool of blood after he allegedly shot himself from his pistol in the CCTV observation room in the station area.
The security personnel went into a tizzy for sometime as the gun shot was heard inside the station.
"A Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the incident to ascertain the circumstances as to why Rathod took the extreme step. He used his service weapon to commit suicide," an official said, adding a family dispute is suspected to have led the jawan to take the extreme step.
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