A security guard committed suicide at the Indian Embassy in Lainchaur, Kathmandu.

According to the Indian Embassy, Deepak Singh (32) of Uttarkhand, India shot himself to death while on duty.

The body has been taken to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for postmortem.

Indian Embassy spokesperson Nabin Kumar said that Singh shot himself while on duty and he died on the spot.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.