Agartala, Jul 20: Tripura police chief Anurag Dhankar was found dead inside his office at the police headquarters here on Monday, official sources said.
According to Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital’s medicine department head Dr Pradip Bhoumik, the director general of police was taken to the hospital around 12 pm. “He was declared dead at 12.48 pm,” the doctor said.
“The cause of death will be known after post-mortem,” he said.
The 1994 batch IPS officer is survived by his wife and daughter.
Chief Secretary J K Sinha, Health Secretary Kiran Gitte and top government officials have rushed to the hospital.
With several reports claiming the police chief ended his life, opposition leader Jitendra Chaudhury said, “If a senior IPS officer commits suicide, it shows the law and order situation in the state. We demand a judicial inquiry to know the actual cause of death and the reason behind it.”
Tripura BJP chief Abhishek Debroy expressed grief over the death and said the cause of death will be established only after post-mortem.
“He was found dead inside his office on Monday. There will be a magisterial-level probe into the incident. The truth will be revealed shortly,” he said.(PTI)
