Security guard shoots himself dead at Indian Embassy in Kathmandu

According to embassy sources, the deceased - identified as Deepak Singh - allegedly shot himself with his rifle at around 9 am within the embassy premises

|Jul 04, 2022, 22:32:03 IST

Kathmandu: A 32-year-old Indian national working as a security guard at India's Embassy here in Nepal shot himself dead inside the premises in an apparent suicide bid, sources at the mission said on Monday.

The Indian Embassy sources here confirmed the incident without giving any details.

According to embassy sources, the deceased - identified as Deepak Singh - allegedly shot himself with his rifle at around 9 am within the embassy premises.

The body has been sent to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, for post-mortem, according to the police. The reason behind the suicide is not yet known.

The security guard hailed from Uttarakhand.

"He was on duty when the incident took place," The Kathmandu Post newspaper quoted an embassy official as saying.

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