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- Tripura Director General of Police Anurag DhanKhar was found hanging in the washroom of his office at the police headquarters in Agartala on the morning of 20 July, about two hours after he arrived and told staff not to disturb him.
- When he stopped answering calls and his door was found locked from inside, officers broke it open and found his body; doctors at GB Hospital declared him dead at 12:48 pm.
- No suicide note or injury marks were found, and the report says the reason for his death remains unclear, making it a mysterious death investigation.
- The report also notes a reported quarrel with his wife the previous night and that his tenure as DGP had formally ended in June but was extended.
What to watch next
- Postmortem report findings on the actual cause of death
- Whether a suicide note or other evidence emerges in the investigation
- What the inquiry into the reported marital discord and Sunday night quarrel reveals
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