A CISF constable on Thursday allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at a Metro station of the Airport Express line here. Officials said the incident occurred around 3 am when the deceased trooper Mukesh Kumar (40) was returning after a routine patrol with his colleague.
“On return, Mukesh put his AK-47 rifle on his head and shot himself. His colleague was just ahead of him and did not get time to stop him,” a senior official said. He said Mukesh received three bullets on his temple and was rushed to the nearby lNJP Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has ordered an inquiry into the incident as senior officials have reached the spot. Singh, a resident of Alipur in Delhi and had returned from leave on December 28. No immediate cause could be ascertained for him taking this step, the official said. The constable had joined the paramilitary in 1997 and was deployed to secure the Airport Metro line’s New Delhi station.
In another incident, a DRDO employee lost one of his legs and was critical after he allegedly attempted suicide by jumping before a Delhi Metro train on Thursday afternoon.
Rajiv Kumar, who works with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), jumped on the tracks at Udyog Bhawan Metro station as a train bound for Jahangirpuri entered the station. The incident took place at 12.23 pm.