A Border Security Force (BSF) constable shot dead four other jawans in a case of fratricide at Khasa in the Amritsar district of Punjab on Sunday. The constable also died in the shootout.
The BSF said that a constable, identified as Satteppa SK, fired at five of his colleagues in the camp, which is located 20 km from the Attari-Wagah border.
Out of the six injured, five troopers, including constable Satteppa, died and the sixth injured is critical, paramilitary officials said.
"In an unfortunate incident, 5 BSF troops were injured due to fratricide committed by Ct Satteppa S K at HQ 144 Bn Khasa, Amritsar." the BSF officials here.A court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the facts and further details are being awaited.Constable Setteppa SK of 'B' Coy 144 Battalion allegedly fired at his colleagues in the force's mess area at 9.45 AM on Sunday.
Some other jawans present in the mess shot him, sources said, adding the outcome of the court of inquiry will help ascertain the chain of events.
All five victims, including the suspect, were declared dead at the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar, where they were rushed for treatment, the sources said.
In a similar incident on November 8 last year, a CRPF jawan had liquidated four of his colleagues in cold blood and injured another three by spraying bullets from his service AK 47 assault rifle in Sukma, Chhattisgarh.
The offender was identified as Constable Reetesh Ranjan of C-Company of 50 Battalion under Maraiguda police station in Sukma. Ranjan was subsequently apprehended.
A total of 193 suicides have been reported in the about 3.25 lakh personnel strong CRPF since 2018, with 52 incidents in 2021. Likewise, over half-a-dozen fratricide cases have been reported in the CRPF from 2018 to 2021.