CRPF officer shoots dead 2 colleagues before killing self in Assam

A CRPF officer shot his two colleagues dead and injured another before killing himself in Assam’s Nagaon district on Tuesday, police said.

Nagaon Deputy Superintendent of Police (HQ) Paramita Sarkar told PTI that the incident took place at the 34 Battalion camp in Katimari around 7 am when ASI/GD Ballani Premabaram, who was on duty at the main gate, fired at his colleagues.

The ASI later shot himself and died at the spot, the DSP said. “Two personnel, HV/GD Vishnu Prasad Baghel and SI/GD Ramnawal Singh Yadav, died on the spot,” Sarkar said.

Another CRPF personnel, ASI/Mane Govind Sripul, was injured in the incident and taken to a private hospital, she said.

Later, the injured was referred to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, the DSP said.

Senior CRPF and police officers rushed to the camp, and an inquiry into the incident was ordered, she added.

Explaining the sequence of events, Nagaon Senior Superintendent of Police Partha Protim Das said that ASI Premabaram, who hailed from Andhra Pradesh, was found without his assigned weapon while he was discharging duty at the main gate of the CRPF Camp this morning.

“He subsequently took an INSAS rifle from the Guard Room and proceeded towards the rear side of the Quarter Guard, where he opened fire on Baghel, who succumbed to his injuries,” Das told PTI.

Premabaram then fired at Yadav, who had come for document verification from Lucknow and the officer also died on the spot, the Assam Police SSP said.

“The ASI also fired at Sripul, causing serious injuries to him. After firing, Premabaram entered the B/171 Barrack and shot himself, resulting in his death,” Das said.

The police are investigating the case along with the CRPF, he added.