The police have detained one of its officers with the Konongo Divisional Taskforce over the death of her girlfriend.

According to Accra-based Joy FM, Sergeant Bright Opoku was picked up after his girlfriend allegedly committed suicide in his room on Monday (January 29, 2018).

The name of the deceased was given as Vida Frema, a 30-year-old tutor of Kumasi Girls' Senior High School in Ashanti Region.

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The officer has since been transferred to the Kumasi after the Regional Police Criminal and Investigations Department (CID) took over the case.

The police narrated that the boyfriend of the deceased, Sergeant Bright Opoku, reported that he left Vida Frema in his room for work on the morning of the incident.

He returned in the evening only to find his girlfriend hanging in the bedroom.

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He reported the incident to the police. When they came, they found out that her lower arm and a blood-stained knife in the far corner of the room.

Police say they have begun investigations into the incident but have declined to comment any further.