Before consuming celphos, IPS officer ‘Googled’ ‘ways to end life’
KANPUR: While generally the decision to commit suicide is taken in spur of a moment, IPS officer Surendra Kumar Das, who consumed celphos on Wednesday and is battling for life, had been researching on ways to end life for last few days.
So says the browsing history of the search engine Google on his mobile and laptop accessed by the police cyber experts.
“He was depressed and in this state he also watched certain videos about using poison and the razor as tool for the suicide,” said an official.
“He was not in a right mental state. He was depressed,” said Anant Deo, SSP, Kanpur.
“Right now our priority is to save his life; a team of specialist has been flown in from Mumbai with essential equipment. Everyone is praying that he recovers,” he said. The police, meanwhile, are also looking into aspects that could have pushed him to take the extreme step.
The officer’s staff at the residence told the officials that eating vegetarian and non-vegetarian food was a big issue between Das and his wife Raveena Singh, who is doing masters’ in surgery from GSVM Medical College.
Officials privately admit the couple had a fight on Janmashtami over non-vegetarian pizza his wife ordered when he wanted
› Right now our priority is to save his life; a team of specialist has been flown in from Mumbai with essential equipment. Everyone is praying that he recovers
ANANT DEO, SSP, Kanpur
vegetarian food in the house on a day of high religious importance.
“The argument over food had intensified and in-laws had to come and settle the issues,” said an official.
In addition, Das hadn’t spoken to his widow mother in the last 40 days. “This because of issues related with the humble background of his family and the affluent lifestyle of his in-laws. Das was struggling to strike a balance,” said an insider.
His suicide note, which was found torn but was fixed by the forensic team, gives insight into his mental state and the issues he was facing.
An official said since it has become a police case, the investigators would speak to his family members who are deeply saddened. Another problem he was facing was the direct interference of his in-laws in his wife routine, said the official. The hospital, meanwhile, issued a medical bulletin citing that there was no change in his condition.
“The poison had affected the kidneys,” said Dr Rajesh Agarwal, chief medical superintendent, Regency Hospital.
The team of doctors is monitoring his condition on 20 parameters and ECMO was being used to stabilise his condition.