PUNE: A 28-year-old constable posted with the special branch of the Pune police was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her bedroom in the Wakad police colony on Monday afternoon.
The incident came to light around 2pm when the Wakad police broke the door of the constable’s house and found her hanging with a dupatta, senior inspector Vivek Mugalikar said.
Mugalikar said no suicide note was found. “The constable Shradhha Jaybhaye’s friend had been calling her from Monday morning. As she did not respond to the calls, the friend contacted a retired police constable and told him to check. When the constable too did not get a response, he immediately alerted the police,” Mugalikar said.
He said that Jaybhaye’s husband works with the Indian Navy and is posted in Kerala. “Jaybhaye had dropped her three-year-old daughter at her relative’s house on July 4 night,” Mugalikar said. On July 3, she applied for two days’ leave from Tuesday. Her weekly off was on Monday. She never discussed her family issues with her friends in the police force, a senior officer said.
