CBI director and Ex-Governor of Nagaland Ashwani Kumar dies by Suicide

Ashwani Kumar was also the director of CBI from August 2008 to November 2010. Along with this, he was also Director General of Police (DGP) of Himachal Pradesh.

Yogita S.
Published on: 8 Oct 2020 4:14 AM GMT
CBI director and Ex-Governor of Nagaland Ashwani Kumar dies by Suicide
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New Delhi: Former Governor of Manipur and Nagaland and former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar has committed suicide. 70-year-old Ashwani Kumar has been found hanging on the noose in his house in Shimla. SP Shimla Mohit Chawla has confirmed this.

Ashwani Kumar committed suicide:

Ashwani Kumar was also the director of CBI from August 2008 to November 2010. Along with this, he was also Director General of Police (DGP) of Himachal Pradesh. Local police station Chhota Shimla is being investigated under the leadership of Police SHO.

Former Indian Police Service officer Ashwani Kumar committed suicide by hanging herself at a trap in her house in Shimla. Police received a suicide note from the scene. The media report quoted sources as saying that he was running into depression for some time.

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Ashwani Kumar, a resident of Sirmaur, Himachal, was a 1973 batch IPS officer. The DGP of Himachal Pradesh, held several positions including Director of CBI. Ashwani made many reforms here after becoming Himachal Pradesh Police's DGP in 2006. Everyone praised his works.

The digitization of Himachal Police and the use of computers at the police station level started by Ashwini Kumar. It was during his tenure that online registration of complaints started so soon.

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Ashwani Kumar was director of CBI in July 2008. Ashwini was the first police officer in Himachal Pradesh to become CBI director. In May 2013, the then UPA Government made him the Governor of Nagaland first and then in July 2013 he also made him the Governor of Manipur.

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Yogita S.

Yogita S.

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