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Probe into woman officer's suicide begins

Jammu: Nine days after Lt. Sushmita Chakaraborty allegedly committed suicide at the Northern Command headquarters, the Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday began a probe into the incident, officials said here. ``A special investigation team (SIT) has been constituted by SSP P.R. Manhas and an investigation has started with the questioning of some top officers of the Army Service Corps at Udhampur,'' a police officer told PTI. The Army had said that Chakraborty, who allegedly shot herself with a rifle on June 15, was suffering from depression caused by low self-esteem. Her family has said she was unhappy with her job.

The SIT, which is headed by DSP (Headquarters) Amit Gupta has two Station House Officers as its members, will submit its report to Manhas. The team visited the Northern Command headquarters and questioned some Army officers in connection with the suicide, they said adding that the officers would also be called to the police station to formally record their statements over the next few days.

Chakraborty, who was commissioned into service in September 2005,was the second woman Army officer to commit suicide in less than a month. On May 29, Major Shobha Rani, an Army doctor attached to the Air Force Command Hospital in Bangalore, had committed suicide.

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