India, Oct. 25 -- Two people, including a senior government officer, died by suicide within hours in Arunachal Pradesh, police said.

A 19-year-old, who was earlier arrested for impersonating a magistrate and extorting money from the public, was found dead at his rented accommodation in Lekhi village on Thursday morning.

Later that night, an executive engineer in the rural works department (RWD) who was named in the teenager's suicide notes, reportedly shot himself at his Khonsa residence.

The teenager's body was discovered around 11 am on Thursday in his rented accommodation in Lekhi village, following which a case of unnatural death was registered under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) at the Nirjuli Police...