Hyderabad: A sub-inspector committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver in Medak district early on Wednesday allegedly due to harassment from his superior officers.
Kuknoorpally SI, U. Ramakrishna Reddy, 38, left a suicide note alleging that he had been harassed by the division DSP and Circle Inspector who had forced him to bring more “mamools”.
He stated in the suicide note that he had paid over Rs 15 lakh of collected mamool to the DSP and CI in the last three months. The SI’s wife, Ms U. Dhanalakshmi, alleged that her husband had even taken loans from relatives to pay the DSP. According to the Medak police, the SI shot himself in the forehead at around 1.30 am when he was alone in his house. He had sent his wife and two children to his in-laws’ place two days ago. Before committing suicide, the SI had called his friend and Gajwel sub-inspector, Mr Satish.
Sub-inspector alleges harassment by DSP
Before committing suicide, the SI, U. Ramakrishna Reddy, had called his friend and Gajwel sub-inspector, Mr Satish, telling him that he was going to kill himself because of the harassment. But before the Gajwel SI could reach Reddy’s house, he had committed the deed.
In his two-page suicide note addressed to the Medak SP, written in Telugu, Reddy alleged that Siddipet DSP Ch Sridhar and CI Venkataiah had been pressurising him to collect more mamool and deliver it to them.
“The DSP, CI and even head constable and police constables have been conspiring against me. They harassed me constantly,” he wrote, adding, “I have not committed any mistake. They are responsible for my death.”
“When the Prime Minister came to Gajwel, I had to spend '2 lakh from my own pocket for various expenses. When I approached my superiors, they asked who had asked me to do so,” read the note.
Reddy’s wife Ms Dhanalakshmi said that her husband wanted to quit the job because of the pressure. “He had told me that he wanted to leave the job and go back to our village to lead a normal life. His superiors constantly made him do unwanted work and pressurised him to get more mamool. Once, he had to ask my brother for a loan of '1 lakh to pay his superiors,” she alleged.
Medak district superintendent of police S. Chandrashekar Reddy said that an investigation had been launched into the case. “We have booked a case under CrPC 174 and have started an investigation. During the probe if we find truth in the suicide note, we will book cases against the officials,” he said.
Ramakrishna Reddy was a native of Bakkamantram Gudem village in Mattampally mandal of Nalgonda district. Before joining the police force full time in the year 2005, he had also worked in the Army.
