Bihar: Ex-police officer's son shoots himself, suicide note recovered

Patna: A 40-year-old man, son of a retired senior police officer, died by suicide on Friday. He shot himself with a country made pistol after an alleged argument with his wife in Bihar's capital, Patna police said.
Police have recovered a suicide note from his apartment.
The son of a former deputy superintendent of police, who was unemployed, reportedly often argued with his wife over his drinking habits. 'After a dispute at night, the victim, the only son of retired DSP committed suicide by shooting himself with an illegal firearm,' Kotwali station house officer (SHO) Rajan Kumar said.
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Kumar added that the family members took the man to a hospital, where the doctors declared him dead on arrival. The hospital informed the police.
The Kotwali police are investigating the matter. The body was sent for postmortem.
'Preliminary inquiry suggests the deceased used an illegal firearm to shoot himself. A probe is underway. The reason behind taking this extreme step is yet to be known,' Kumar said.
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