Police did not find any suicide note from the spot.
Kaushal Ganguly was posted in the District Investigation Unit of southeast district. His office was on the first floor of the police station.
He had come to the office despite it being a gazetted holiday today and got his service pistol issued around 5:50 PM and then went to his office and shot himself in the head arund 6PM, police said.
"He got his service pistol issued saying he is deployed on duty for Shab-e-Barat arrangements tomorrow," said DCP Romil Baaniya.
He was rushed to Max Hospital in Saket where doctors declared him brought dead.
Sources said the police officer was suffering from depression as he had a lot of pending files to clear and was allegedly under pressure from his seniors.
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