In a tragic incident, a Chhattisgarh Armed Force soldier shot his Company Commander in a personal dispute under Khel Gaon Out Post in the State Capital on Monday morning and after firing at his senior the jawan also shot himself and committed suicide. Both died on the spot.
Another Jawan has also been injured in the incident.
Sadar Deputy Superint-endent of Police (Dy SP), Deepak Pandey informed that some personnel of Chhatisgarh Armed Force reached the State Capital and stayed at Khel Gaon on Sunday night.
“There were some mutual disputes between the Jawan of Chhattisgarh Armed Forces 4th Battalion B Company, Vikram Rajwade and his Commander Mela Ram Kurre. After the verbal spat, which took place in the morning Rajwade with his service Revolver shot at the Commander,” he added.
“They were on duty since November in the State. They have been deployed in Palamu earlier and they were going to Hazaribagh for the election duty for the third phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections on December 12. Chhattisgarh Armed Forces have also been deployed for electoral duty in the State. After getting the information about the incident Ranchi District Police rushed to the spot and recovered the body. The bodies were sent to Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) for postmortem,” Pandey said. Injured jawan was also admitted to the hospital for treatment.