Jaipur: In a shocking incident, a flight lieutenant of the Indian Air Force hanged himself at his residence in Barmer district in Rajasthan.

A 25-year-old Sumit Jaiswal committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his official quarter at Uttarlai air force station.

SP, Gagandeep Singla said, “the family members of victim in Guwahati were informed about the incident after his body was shifted to the mortuary of the district hospital”.

"The matter is being probed and the body will be handed over to the family after they arrive here," he added