Junior warrant officer commits suicide after killing mother

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Press Trust of India Jodhpur
Last Updated : May 19 2016 | 6:07 PM IST
A 30-year-old junior warrant officer in the Indian Air Force allegedly committed suicide in air force station area here today after killing his sick mother, police said.
According to police, Jagdev Singh Yadav was serving at the air force station in Jodhpur as a Junior Warrant Officer and was living with his mother, who was sick and undergoing treatment.
Yadav was found lying unconscious in the compound of his house this morning by a neighbor and was rushed to a hospital, said Rajendra Prasad, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
He succumbed to his injuries later due to excessive bleeding and delay in treatment, said Prasad.
When the police knocked at Yadav's door to inform about the incident to his mother, she was also found dead on her bed with a computer cable lying beside her.
Prima facie, it seems the officer first strangulated his mother and then jumped off the roof of his house, they said.
Yadav had shifted to Jodhpur recently from Bangalore leaving his wife and children behind.
His mother Santara Devi (70) was sick for some time and Yadav was looking after her.
The police have shifted both the bodies to the hospital morgue and has informed Yadav's relatives in Haryana.
"There was no suicide note and any exact cause of suicide has yet been known yet. Apparently, since he was living alone with his sick mother and the rest of the family was not around, he might have developed some frustration and took the extreme step", said Prasad.
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First Published: May 19 2016 | 6:07 PM IST

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