Telangana: Commando shoots self on Greyhounds campus

HYDERABAD: A Greyhounds senior commando shot himself at the unit’s campus at Gandipet on Wednesday morning. The deceased, 41-year-old Chand Pasha, was from Suryapet. Though police are yet to ascertain the reason for his sucidie, they suspect it could be due to personal issues.
According to police, Chand Pasha was a Telangana State Special Police Battalion head constable currently attached to the elite anti-Maoist commando unit, Greyhounds, as a senior commando.Pasha had been with Greyhounds since 2007.
Around 8.40am on Wednesday, Chand Pasha shot himself with a pistol near the check point-1 of Greyhounds campus in Gandipet, Narsingi. During the preliminary inquiry, police found that Chand Pasha, who came from the residential quarters on the campus, casually walked to Check Point - 1 which is close to the residential quarters when the guards were having breakfast in the room.
“Chand Pasha asked one of the guards who finished breakfast whether his short weapon was a Glock pistol. While enquiring about his weapon, Pasha asked the guard to let him check his Glock 17 pistol and the guard handed him over the weapon without any suspicion as the former performs duties at the bell of arms, overseeing the issuance of firearms,” a Greyhounds source said.
After taking the 9 mm pistol from the guard, Pasha sat on the bed in front of the guard’s room and shot himself on the temple. There was not enough time for the guard to react, Narsingi inspector Gangadhar said. Pasha died on the spot. After Pasha reported that he was suffering from mild fever, senior officials asked him to stay in home quarantine. He stayed at home for a week. “Three days ago, he gave samples for Covid-19 test and results are yet to come,” a Greyhounds official said.
As of now, 10 members Greyhounds personnel, including ministerial staff, have tested positive for Covid-19 and most of them were asymptomatic. Police seized the cell phone of Pasha to analyse his call records. Pasha is survived by his wife and two sons. “There was no suicide note and the exact reason for the death is yet to be ascertained. We suspect that he might be having some personal problems,” the inspector said. A case was registered under CrPC Section 174.