2 weeks after cop suicide, family points fingers at senior officers
3 Oct 2013 5:37 AM IST
Two weeks after sub-inspector Kaptan Singh (58) committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver, the Delhi police have failed to find the motive behind his move. Initially, the police claimed that Singh was depressed due to a financial crisis.
However, his family has opposed this narrative and alleged that he was being harassed by two senior officials, specifically naming an additional commissioner of police (ACP) and two inspectors from Singh’s department.
On 18 September, Kaptan committed suicide at the security unit headquarters in Chanakyapuri. He was posted at the security unit in 2010. No suicide note was recovered after Singh shot himself in the head at approximately 6.30 am.
Speaking to Millennium Post, his elder son Navin Dabas, a businessman said, ‘We are not suffering from any sort of financial crisis as I earn good money. My younger brother is a police officer and my mother is a teacher at a kindergarten school.’
Jagwati Dabas (55), Kaptan’s wife said, ‘On 23 August when Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Ali Maliki came to India, he along with 73 officers from security wings were on duty. Maliki rewarded the deployed staff with $50 each (around Rs 3,115 ). This money was given to a senior officer of the wing, who further distributed the reward money. As Kaptan was the supervisory officer for the officers on duty, he was carrying a chart of the police personnel who were to receive the money.’
She added that the list had the names of the staff deployed along with their initials after receiving the reward money. He carried the chart with him on a daily basis as he had to hand over the list to ACP security wing (name withheld).
However, because the ACP was on leave, he couldn’t hand over the list. The day Kaptan committed suicide, the ACP returned to duty. After the suicide, when the body and the valuables were handed over to the police, the list was missing. When asked about the list, the officers did not respond.
SBS Tyagi, DCP (New Delhi) said, ‘Family has raised questions on the transaction of Rs 20,000 made on 27 August from Kaptan’s account using his Axis Bank ATM in Chanakyapuri and alleged that senior officers had harassed him and forcibly asked him to withdraw the money.’
However, his family has opposed this narrative and alleged that he was being harassed by two senior officials, specifically naming an additional commissioner of police (ACP) and two inspectors from Singh’s department.
On 18 September, Kaptan committed suicide at the security unit headquarters in Chanakyapuri. He was posted at the security unit in 2010. No suicide note was recovered after Singh shot himself in the head at approximately 6.30 am.
Speaking to Millennium Post, his elder son Navin Dabas, a businessman said, ‘We are not suffering from any sort of financial crisis as I earn good money. My younger brother is a police officer and my mother is a teacher at a kindergarten school.’
Jagwati Dabas (55), Kaptan’s wife said, ‘On 23 August when Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Ali Maliki came to India, he along with 73 officers from security wings were on duty. Maliki rewarded the deployed staff with $50 each (around Rs 3,115 ). This money was given to a senior officer of the wing, who further distributed the reward money. As Kaptan was the supervisory officer for the officers on duty, he was carrying a chart of the police personnel who were to receive the money.’
She added that the list had the names of the staff deployed along with their initials after receiving the reward money. He carried the chart with him on a daily basis as he had to hand over the list to ACP security wing (name withheld).
However, because the ACP was on leave, he couldn’t hand over the list. The day Kaptan committed suicide, the ACP returned to duty. After the suicide, when the body and the valuables were handed over to the police, the list was missing. When asked about the list, the officers did not respond.
SBS Tyagi, DCP (New Delhi) said, ‘Family has raised questions on the transaction of Rs 20,000 made on 27 August from Kaptan’s account using his Axis Bank ATM in Chanakyapuri and alleged that senior officers had harassed him and forcibly asked him to withdraw the money.’
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