Chandigarh, July 23 -- The principal of a private school in Sector 33, Chandigarh, died by suicide by shooting self with his father's licenced double-barrel gun at his residence on Tuesday.

According to police, he locked himself inside a room before pulling the trigger. Hearing the gunshot, his family members broke open the latch of the door and rushed him to the PGIMER, where doctors declared him brought dead at 10.30 am.

The police have taken the body into custody and placed it in Sector 16 hospital's mortuary. The post-mortem examination is scheduled for Wednesday.

Police confirmed that no suicide note was recovered from the spot. The reasons behind the extreme step remain unclear.

"We are probing all possible angles to ascertain t...