Biz man attempts suicide using handgun in high-end car: Police

A 32-year-old businessman was seriously injured Thursday after he allegedly shot himself with a handgun in a suicide attempt in a high-end car on a road here due to suspected financial loss, police said. The man, who runs a consultancy business, shot himself in the head after parking the rented car on the side of Outer Ring Road at Nasingi locality here.

A police official said a traffic police personnel found the man in a pool of blood in the driver's seat with the windows closed and doors locked around 3 pm and alerted local police. After breaking open the door, a police team shifted him to a nearby hospital where his condition was stated to be serious.

Quoting preliminary investigation, they said it was suspected the man faced financial loss in his business. A handgun and some empty cartridges were recovered from the car, police added.