Andhra Pradesh: In a shocking incident, a 55-year-old police head constable allegedly shot dead his wife and two daughters and later shot himself to death. Officials on Thursday informed that the incident was entirely due to personal reasons and a suicide note from the 1993 batch policeman's house has been recovered.
Incident occurred on Wednesday
"His name is Venkateswarlu and he was working as a writer in Kadapa two town police station. He worked till 11 pm last night (Wednesday) and took a pistol and some rounds from the police station and went to his house," Kadapa sub-divisional police officer Md. Sharif told PTI.
Venkateswarlu's daughters were students
Venkateswarlu's eldest daughter, around 20 years of age was doing her first year of graduation, while the younger one was in 10th standard, he said, adding that the constable's wife was around 45 years old.
He had lost money in stock market
According to sources, the head constable was believed to have lost money in stock market trading and was also battling some family problems.
Police are in the process of registering a case and have already begun the investigation, including Kadapa superintendent of police Siddarth Kaushal visiting Venkateswarlu's house.
(with inputs from PTI)
