Depressed ACP ends life by jumping off police headquarters

New Delhi: A 55-year-old ACP-rank officer, reportedly suffering from depression, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the police headquarters building in central Delhi on Thursday, police said.

The deceased, Prem Vallabh, posted in Crime and Traffic unit of Delhi Police, had joined as head constable in 1986. He was promoted to the rank of ACP in 2016. He was recently hospitalised for 28 days as he was suffering from depression. It is suspected that he killed himself because of that.