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Bank Manager Dies by Suicide in Moving Car on UP Highway
- •Durgesh Srivastava, a 32-year-old Union Bank branch manager, died by suicide after shooting himself inside his moving car on the Varanasi-Sultanpur highway in Jaunpur.
- •The incident occurred around 9:30 pm on Thursday near Dwarka Dhaba in the Baksha police station area.
- •Srivastava's car collided with a divider, and a highway patrol team found him injured inside the locked vehicle; he was declared dead at the hospital.
- •Police recovered a suicide note from the car in which Srivastava took responsibility for his death, along with the firearm used.
- •Family members informed police that Srivastava had been under stress for several days prior to the incident.
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Durgesh Srivastava, a 32-year-old Union Bank branch manager, allegedly died by suicide after shooting himself with a firearm inside his moving car, causing the vehicle to go out of control and collide with a divider. Family members stated that he had been under stress for the previous few days.
A highway patrol team reached the scene near Dwarka Dhaba and found the vehicle locked from inside with Srivastava lying injured on the driver's seat. The patrol personnel broke the vehicle's window to take him out before rushing him to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Police recovered a firearm along with a suicide note from inside the vehicle. In the suicide note, Srivastava held himself responsible for his own death, and authorities launched an investigation to determine whether the firearm was licensed or illegally possessed.
