Senior UP ATS officer commits suicide

Lucknow: A senior police official of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) today allegedly committed suicide in his office here, police said.

A 1992-batch Provincial Police Services (PPS) officer, Rajesh Sahni used an official weapon to shoot himself on his temple at 12.45 PM in his office, ADG (Law and Order) Anand Kumar said.

Sahni was an Additional Superintendent of Police rank official.

Kumar said it was being ascertained as to why Sahni took the extreme step.