Net Ram Yadav, 42, posted with the south zone PCR of Delhi Police, was found hanging in his barrack. His body was sent for post mortem to Aruna Asaf Ali hospital and investigation has been taken up to ascertain the cause of his extreme step, said a senior police officer.
No suicide note was found which could throw light on the reason behind the suicide, he said.
The incident came to light when a PCR call was received at 6.11 pm. The PCR personnel who reached the barrack number 5 at Peeli Kothi, Lahori Gate, found Yadav hanging from the ceiling fan of the barrack room with a cable.
Yesterday, a constable Kailash, 29, had committed suicide by shooting himself dead in a police booth at Roshanara Road in north Delhi.
Earlier, on May 24, a constable Anatho, 25, of Nagaland Armed Police deployed at Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial had committed suicide by shooting himself from his service rifle in the barrack inside the memorial premises.
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