Coimbatore DIG shoots himself to death

CHENNAI: C Vijayakumar, DIG, Coimbatore, shot himself to death using his service weapon in his residence at Red Fields, Coimbatore, sources said on Friday morning.

Trouble on the family front is said to be the reason behind his extreme step.

The 2009 batch IPS official had assumed charge as DIG in January this year. He had served as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anna Nagar, Chennai earlier.

Previously, he had served as Superintendent of Police in Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts.

This is the second such incident in recent years of a senior official allegedly dying by suicide in Tamil Nadu.

Then Tiruchengode Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vishnupriya allegedly died of suicide at her residence in Namakkal district in 2015. She was found hanging.