DUSHANBE, November 7, 2008, Asia-Plus  -- The body of the 51-year-old chief cook for the Rohat Teahouse Tursun Mansourov was found his house in Dushanbe on November 6, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

The source at a MoI said that according to the preliminary investigation, Mansourov had committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol.   

Criminal proceedings have been instituted to investigate into the cause of the suicide, the source said.