Udupi : Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police Ramesh Shetty(59) of Amasebail police station committed suicide by hanging himself here on Monday March 31.

He was resident of Doddanagudde police quarters; He is survived by his wife, daughter and son. He had only 8 months for retirement.

According to Sources, Ramesh depressed due to the broke down of the marriage alliance of his daughter. On March 31st evening, he hanged himself from the bathroom roof using a cloth.

His mother had noticed the hang of in the bathroom, He was immediately rushed to AV Baliga Memorial hospital in Doddanagudde then to KMC hospital, Manipal, but his life could not be saved.

SP Boralingaiah and M G Nayak visited the mortuary at Manipal. A case has been registered in Udupi town police station.

The funeral was held on Tuesday April 1 at Chandu maidan, Udupi.

DySP Prabhudev Mane, additional SP Santhosh Kumar Mane, RPI Umesh and Thimmappa Gowda, SI Madhu and others were present.