RAWALPINDI: A senior officer of Accountant General Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) committed suicide at his residence in a private housing society on Tuesday morning.
Khurram Humayun, aged 55, was a Grade 22 officer serving as Controller General of Accounts (CGA). According to police, he shot himself in the head with a 9mm pistol in a room of his house. The incident took place within the limits of Police Station Rawat.
A heavy contingent of police, including Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Saddar Circle Saud Khan and Station House Officer Rawat Inspector Yasir Matloob Kiani, and forensic experts visited the scene and collected evidences besides recording statements of family members and servants.
The dead body was shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital, Raja Bazaar for autopsy. The investigators have also seized the 9mm pistol and a dead shell from the room where the senior government officer ended his life.
SHO Rawat said Khurram Humayun has committed suicide allegedly due to depression and stress. He said a watchman named Aqib called police and informed that his landlord committed suicide. He said a cook Fazal told investigators that Khurram asked him for breakfast and soon after committed suicide in his room.
Family members claimed that Khurram was in deep stress due to the NAB’s immense pressure. The NAB is investigating a case of alleged embezzlement of Rs1.657 billion when the BISP top administration awarded an illegal contract to an advertising agency in 2009-11.
Former BISP chairperson Farzana Raja and other accused including Humayun Khurram are accused in the case. A week before his suicide, Khurram also wrote a letter to the Ministry of Finance stating that he needed help in the corruption case against him.
