Assam Home Secretary ends life at hospital after wife dies of cancer
Guwahati: In an unfortunate incident, Assam's Home Secretary Siladitya Chetia allegedly shot himself in the ICU of a private hospital in Guwahati on Tuesday after receiving the news of his wife's death due to cancer.
Chetia, who had earlier served as SP of Tinsukia and Sonitpur districts, killed himself with his service weapon, police said.
According to a PTI report, “In an unfortunate turn of events, Sri Siladitya Chetia, IPS 2009, Secretary Home and Political took his own life this evening, a few minutes after the attending physician declared the death of his wife who was battling cancer for a long time. Entire Assam Police family is in deep grief,” DGP G P Singh said in a post on X.
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A team of forensic and CID officials has also been sent to the hospital.
She had been admitted to the Nemcare Hospital, a private hospital in Guwahati for the last two months.
“In the last three days, we had informed him that her condition was deteriorating. Today at 4.30 pm, the attending doctor informed him of her passing. The doctor and a nurse were in the room with him and he requested them to step out, saying that he wanted to pray. Around 10 minutes later, a loud sound was heard from the room,” he said.
Chetia, whose late father was also a police officer, is survived by two sisters. He had lost his mother and mother-in-law in the past few months, sources said.
Chetia and his wife had no children, they said.
