At 8.45 am, Vaishali Pingat (32), a lady constable of Thane Government Railway Police (GRP,) shot herself 15 minutes before her night duty ended. She left a suicide note addressed to her husband. The suicide was committed in one of the rooms of the Thane GRP office and a single bullet was found near her body. Another lady constable from the GRP said, “She would generally leave around 9 am after her night duty.

Vaishali’s body was found by her colleagues when they heard the gunshot. They found a single bullet near her body. Pic/Sameer Markande