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Ex-Assam police chief commits suicide

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New Delhi/Guwahati: Former Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Baruah Wednesday shot himself dead at his residence here, police said.

Baruah’s name had cropped up in the multi crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam last month, but the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) confirmed through an official statement that he was not summoned as yet.

The CBI expressed its condolence over the death of Baruah and said it was a sad and unfortunate incident.

Baruah, a 1974 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, retired as the state DGP in January 2012. (IANS)

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