Tripura Director General of Police Anurag Dhankar was found dead in his office chamber at the Police Headquarters in Agartala on Monday. The IPS officer was taken to Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, where doctors attempted to revive him before declaring him dead at 12:48 pm.

Preliminary reports suggest that the senior IPS officer may have died by suicide. However, the exact circumstances surrounding his death are yet to be officially confirmed, Secretary to the Chief Minister Kiran Gitte said.

Senior doctor Dr Pradip Bhowmik said Dhankar was brought to the hospital at around 12 pm with no pulse, blood pressure, temperature or other vital signs.

"When he was brought here around 12:00 PM, our attending doctor examined him. We could not find any pulse, blood pressure, temperature, or any other vital signs. Immediately, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initiated in the emergency unit. A team of our experts provided CPR for about 48 minutes. Despite all our efforts, we could not revive him, and at 12:48 pm, we officially declared him dead," he told media.

On the cause of death, Dr Bhowmik said it could be determined only after a post-mortem examination. He said that since Dhankar was brought in with no vital signs, it was not possible to identify any underlying condition at that stage, and the body was being sent for post-mortem.

Asked whether there were visible signs of hanging or any injuries, he said the medical team’s immediate priority was resuscitation and that such findings would be confirmed only after the post-mortem.

Senior police officers reached the Police Headquarters, secured the area and started an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Dhankar’s death. Police are yet to issue an official statement on the incident, and the exact cause of death will be ascertained after the post-mortem examination.

Source: India Today