A "beautiful and caring" trainee police officer took his own life after struggling with his work, an inquest has found. Anugrah Abraham, known as Anu, was aged 21 when he was found dead in Radcliffe on March 4 last year. Anu, from Whitefield, was training with West Yorkshire Police (WYP), but had been struggling with the job and his associated university course.
An inquest into his death finished today, Tuesday, at Rochdale Coroners' Court after more than three weeks of evidence was heard. His dad, Amar Abraham, claimed his son was bullied and suffered racism during the course, which was disputed by the force. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigated allegations of bullying at WYP before Mr Abraham’s death and said there was no evidence to indicate he was “treated any differently to other student officers”.
Senior coroner for Manchester North, Joanne Kearsley, noted Anu had been described as a bright student who did well in school and college. He had always expressed an interest in joining the forces from a young age and in 2021 began an application to join WYP in collaboration with Leeds Trinity University on the police constable degree apprenticeship programme. After Anu’s initial training at Carr Gate in West Yorkshire he was placed on a development plan.
Anu did not tell his family about this with him being described as “a private man” and it was said he may not “always have given them a full picture”. While he was in training at Carr .