Security guard shoots himself dead at Indian Embassy in Kathmandu
July 04, 2022 17:47
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32-year-old Indian national working as a security guard at India's
Embassy in Kathmandu in Nepal shot himself dead inside the premises in an
apparent suicide bid, sources at the mission said on Monday.
The Indian
Embassy sources in Kathmandu confirmed the incident without giving any details.
According to embassy sources, the deceased -- identified as Deepak
Singh -- allegedly shot himself with his rifle at around 9 am within the
embassy premises.
The body has been sent to the Tribhuvan University
Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, for post-mortem, according to the
police.
The reason behind the suicide is not yet known.
The security
guard hailed from Uttarakhand.
"He was on duty when the incident took
place," The Kathmandu Post newspaper quoted an embassy official as
saying.
A team of Nepal Police visited the Indian Embassy after it
informed the Nepali law enforcement agency about the incident, the
report said.
Sources said the Indian Embassy is conducting an internal
investigation into the incident as it took place on its premises, My
Republica newspaper reported.
In January 2005, two security guards were
killed and another injured in an 'accidental firing' on the Indian
Embassy premises. -- PTI