Policeman fatally shoots himself

An Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) today allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver inside Samrala police station, near here, police said.

According to his colleagues, Amarjit Singh came to the police station and went into a room without talking to anyone. After sometime they heard a gunshot and rushed to the room.

He was immediately taken to a hospital, where the doctors declared him dead, police said.

Singh was distressed over something from a past few days, they said, adding he shot himself in his head.