Officer's body found hanging at residence.

LAHORE -- The body of an assistant commissioner (AC) revenue was found hanging from a ceiling fan of his official residence in the GOR in the Faisal Town area on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Imran Raza Shamsi (45).

Police recovered the body from his room where he was living alone. The family of the deceased refused to carry out a post-mortem.

Some medicines, meant to fight psychological disorders or mental stress, were also found in the room.

Lahore Operations DIG Sohail Chaudhry told Dawn police were alerted by the deceased's official driver when he found the body hanging from the ceiling fan. He said Shamsi was recently transferred from Islamabad to Lahore and his sudden and mysterious death had shocked his colleagues and batch mates.

The DIG declared it a suicide incident, saying it was yet to be ascertained as to why the deceased took this extreme step. Initially, it seemed that the deceased was disturbed due to some family issues, he added.

To a question, the DIG said that...