<p>Kozhikode, Kerala: A senior Civil Police Officer (CPO) allegedly died by suicide in this north Kerala district, police said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>This is the second instance of a Kerala police personnel taking extreme steps in this month.</p>.<p>On October 4, a driver in Kerala police died by suicide at his residence in Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district.</p>.<p>He had left behind a note alleging that mental torture by some of his superior officers prompted him to take the extreme step.</p>.Retired ACP Pradeep Temkar ends life by jumping from building in Mumbai.<p>In the Kozhikode incident, relatives of the CPO and locals of the area alleged before TV channels that the officer took the extreme step on Monday following work-related pressure from his superiors.</p>.<p>The officer was found hanging in the basement of an electronics store merely 200 meters from Kuttiyadi police station where he was posted, police said.</p>.<p>The senior CPO was missing from the station at around 11.30 am and his body was found by locals around 4 pm, it said.</p>.<p>A case of unnatural death has been registered and an investigation has been launched, police said.</p>.<p>As the locals and relatives claimed that the CPO's mobile phone was missing, police said it would be looking into that as well. </p>
<p>Kozhikode, Kerala: A senior Civil Police Officer (CPO) allegedly died by suicide in this north Kerala district, police said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>This is the second instance of a Kerala police personnel taking extreme steps in this month.</p>.<p>On October 4, a driver in Kerala police died by suicide at his residence in Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district.</p>.<p>He had left behind a note alleging that mental torture by some of his superior officers prompted him to take the extreme step.</p>.Retired ACP Pradeep Temkar ends life by jumping from building in Mumbai.<p>In the Kozhikode incident, relatives of the CPO and locals of the area alleged before TV channels that the officer took the extreme step on Monday following work-related pressure from his superiors.</p>.<p>The officer was found hanging in the basement of an electronics store merely 200 meters from Kuttiyadi police station where he was posted, police said.</p>.<p>The senior CPO was missing from the station at around 11.30 am and his body was found by locals around 4 pm, it said.</p>.<p>A case of unnatural death has been registered and an investigation has been launched, police said.</p>.<p>As the locals and relatives claimed that the CPO's mobile phone was missing, police said it would be looking into that as well. </p>