A top police officer in Manipur shot himself in the head in his own office.
Additional Director General of Police ( ADGP ) Arvind Kumar shot himself in Imphal office on Saturday. Arvind Kumar suffered skull damage and a brain injury. Arvind is in charge of law and order in the Manipur Police department.
The incident occurred at 1 pm at Manipur Battalion Campus, where Arvind police office is located.
“Surgery was conducted on him and now he is out of danger. He is responding well to treatment”, said a doctor.
Police said that he shot himself under the chin with his service pistol – bullet exited from his left Temple.
Manipur Chief secretary Dr. J Suresh Babu and DGP L.M Khaute visited hospital to met Arvind.
“He is conscious, responding to whatever the doctors are asking him. He is very lucky to be alive with the nature of injury he sustained,” said Babu.
DGP said, “I had a meeting with Arvind Kumar about two days ago and he was perfectly fine. In fact, he is a fine officer”.
“Kumar is a good police officer. He came back to Manipur after his long stint from Intelligence Bureau. It is a very unfortunate incident and we don’t know yet what could be the reason behind it,” he said.
Arvind Kumar is a 1992 batch IPS officer of the Manipur cadre.
Arvind join the state police department few months back. He was on deputation at Intelligence bureau.