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Crime
28-year-old Uttar Pradesh police officer commits suicide on railway track amid marriage blackmail
✍️ India Today
🗓 15 Nov 2026, 09:01 PM
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A 28-year-old police officer from Uttar Pradesh was found dead on a railway track, authorities say he took his own life after being blackmailed into marriage.
The Uttar Pradesh police department reported that a 28-year-old constable was discovered dead on a railway track, the death being ruled a suicide. According to the investigation, the officer had been subjected to blackmail that forced him to consider an unwanted marriage, which allegedly contributed to his decision to end his life. Police officials have opened a case to examine the circumstances surrounding the blackmail and the subsequent suicide. The incident has raised concerns about the mental health pressures faced by law enforcement personnel in the state. Further details are awaited as the inquiry proceeds.