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C Vijayakumar, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Coimbatore, was found dead at his home this morning.

This is the second such incident in recent years of a senior official allegedly dying by suicide in Tamil Nadu after Tiruchengode DSP Vishnupriya allegedly died by hanging herself at her residence in Namakkal district in 2015.

An IPS officer posted as deputy inspector general of police (DIG) in Coimbatore allegedly died by suicide after he shot himself early on Friday, the police said.

According to sources, Vijayakumar went for a walk in the morning and came to his camp office around 6.45am. He asked his personal security officer (PS

The 2009 batch IPS official had assumed charge as DIG in January this year. 

A senior police official in the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) , Coimbatore range) allegedly died by suicide and is suspected to have shot himself, police said on Friday. DIG Vijayakumar Dies by Suicide: Senior Tamil Nadu Police Officer Allegedly Shoots Self to Death in Coimbatore.

Coimbatore: A senior police official in the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) , Coimbatore range allegedly died by suicide and is suspected to have shot himself, police...

According to reports, he shot himself with his service pistol.

Palaniswami, the AIADMK general secretary, demanded a CBI probe into the official's death

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin expressed shock over the incident and said the demise was a huge loss to the police department.