Post office official dies by suicide after CBI raid

In Uttar Pradesh, a postal officer died by suicide at his home in Aligarh, a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the post office where he was stationed to investigate the alleged embezzlement of crores of rupees. Superintendent Tribhuvan Pratap Singh shot himself with a licensed pistol at his home in Aligarh Wednesday morning. Police suspect that Singh was "extremely stressed" due to the raid. He was posted in Bulandshahr since 2021.
However, his family denied he was under stress because of the raid. They alleged he was being harassed by a woman and some officers who were pressuring him to work for them.He posted his suicide letter in several WhatsApp groups.He claimed in a letter dated August 21, 2024, that multiple office colleagues harassed him and put undue pressure on him. In the letter, addressed to the Aligarh police chief, he took the names of several of his colleagues.The CBI had raided the main post office on Tuesday evening. The probe lasted for several hours. The agency questioned several people connected to the post office.Multiple documents that were deemed important for the investigation were also seized by the CBI during the raid.