Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 29 : Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Housing) committed suicide here on Saturday.

Harminder Raj Singh, Principal Secretary (Housing) in the State government, shot himself in the head with his personal weapon at his residence on Vikramaditya Marg

Singh was a 1978 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. Some people claim that the IAS officer was under a lot of mental pressure owing to the political interference in his work. (ANI)