Absconding Bihar cop accused of killing man with service revolver found dead

An assistant sub-inspector who had been absconding after shooting dead a man with his service revolver earlier this month was found dead in Bihar's Madhubani district, news agency Press Trust of India reported on Friday.

The body of Chandra Mohan Singh was recovered from a field in the Babubarhi police station area on Thursday. Police said the cause of death would be known after a post-mortem examination and forensic analysis.

Singh had opened fire after he was caught inside the house of a woman with whom he was having a relationship in a village in Madhubani district.

One person was killed and three others were injured in the shooting, following which Singh fled.

“Following the shooting incident under the Babubarhi Police Station limits, 12 special teams were constituted to arrest Singh. These teams had been conducting raids in areas along the Nepal border and suspected hideouts outside Bihar,” Madhubani Senior Superintendent of Police Yogendra Kumar told reporters, according to PTI.

Kumar said police received information on Thursday about an unidentified body lying in a field in Babubarhi and a foul smell coming from the spot.

During an inspection, the body was identified as Singh's based on his clothes, Aadhaar card, mobile phone, laptop and other documents found nearby, he said.

A forensic team also recovered his service pistol and collected other evidence from the spot, Kumar added.

“The inquest was carried out in the presence of an executive magistrate. A three-member medical board will conduct the post-mortem examination, which will also be videographed,” the SSP said.

He said the exact cause of death could be established only after the post-mortem findings and forensic examination of the recovered service pistol.

Police are investigating the death from all angles as they await the post-mortem and forensic findings, Kumar said.- EndsWith inputs from Amit Ranjan