Traffic head constable 'kills self' on railway track in Agra

Agra: A 48-year-old traffic head constable allegedly committed suicide in Agra, after lying down on the railway track in front of a speeding Shramik Special train.

The "depressed" cop was identified as Ashok Kumar. He joined traffic police in 1997. He is survived by wife and three children. His two sons are also constables in UP police.

Kumar was posted for interceptor's duty, but was recently given traffic management duty of Bijli Ghar area under Rakabganj police limit. On Tuesday, he had joined the duty after a two-day leave.

His body was found 2 km away from Agra Fort railway station at 7:30 am on Wednesday. After the incident, Agra SSP Babloo Kumar and other policemen reached the spot. The body was sent for postmortem.

SHO of Rakabganj Vikas Tomar said, “The exact reason behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained, but his colleague posted at Bijli Ghar traffic duty said that after returning from leave, Ashok Kumar looked depressed. He was said to be always in a jovial mood earlier. Since his family is in a state of trauma, we will speak to them later.”

The SHO added, “During investigation, we learnt that the Shramik Special train (Durg- Gorakhpur) loco-pilot Rajpal Singh had for a moment seen Kumar lying on railway track as the speeding train approached him.”