Lady cop said to be in relationship with DSP Thapa also commits suicide

A woman police constable said to be in relationship with Deputy Superintendent Basanta Kumar Thapa, who hanged himself to death on Wednesday, has also committed suicide.

Pabitra Bhattarai, who was stationed at the control room of Lalitpur police range, was found hanging inside her rented room at Dhobighat. Police have recovered photos of DSP Thapa and Bhattarai together from the latter's room along with several mobile phone calls between the two. Police investigators said they have arrived at the conclusion that they were in relationship for a long time.

She had left office Thursday afternoon pretending of illness after knowing about Thapa's suicide. She is known to have hanged herself to death after a few hours.

DSP Thapa, who was in UN police peacekeeping training at the police battalion at Naxal, Kathmandu, was found hanging from a tree in the jungle near his house at Gokarna. nepalnews.com