A police constable allegedly shot himself with his service rifle in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh, officials said on Saturday.
The blood-stained body of constable Ashutosh Yadav (24) was found in a barrack on Friday night, Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya said.
His service rifle AK-47 was also found lying nearby, the SP said.
According to police, it is a case of death by suicide.
His colleagues at Lalganj police station said he generally remained detached and appeared to be under some kind of stress, the SP said.
Yadav, a native of Gazipur, had joined the police force in 2018 and had returned on duty on September 17 after being on leave for a couple of days.
The body has been sent for postmortem, the officials said, adding that the reason behind the suicide was not immediately known.
Published 26 September 2020, 09:51 IST