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Following The Death Of Wife Assam Officer Shiladitya Chetia Commits Suicide

A 2009 batch IPS officer, Shiladitya Chetia committed suicide following the death of his wife.

As per the information shared by an official, Chetia who was serving as Assam Home Secretary took his life in a private hospital of Guwahati after his wife died on Tuesday.

According to police sources, Chetia’s wife was battling cancer and she passed away at a private hospital in the city. Following her death, the senior police official shot himself with his service pistol in the hospital.

Chetia’s wife was in the fourth stage of carcinoma and was under treatment at a private hospital in the city for the last several days.

“Shiladitya Chetia was mentally down due to his wife’s ill health for the last few days and the unfortunate incident happened today. He was staying at the hospital and looking after his wife,” a police official said on the condition of anonymity.

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Shiladitya Chetia, a 44 years old DIG officer was on leave to take care of his wife during the battle with cancer.

He had previously served as SP in the Golaghat, Tinsukia and Sonitpur districts, and before his current posting, he had served as Commandant of the 4th Assam Police Battalion.

Several senior police officers rushed to the hospital after the information broke out.

Shibra Arshad

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