Kathmandu, June 10
A Nepal policeman stationed at the Israeli Embassy in Kathmandu committed suicide this morning, officials said.
Assistant Sub-inspector Anup Raj Thapa shot himself at around 10:00 am on Sunday, police said. Confirming the news, Chief of Kathmandu Metropolitan Police Range SSP Bishwo Raj Pokharel said, “He took a gun, shot himself, and committed suicide in his own room.”
A team from the Durbarmarg-based Metropolitan Police Range has launched an investigation into the case. It could not be immediately established why Thapa killed himself.
