A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in restive Kanker district of Bastar on Monday, police said.
Constable T R Jaisingh, of 122nd battalion of the BSF, ended his life by shooting himself with his service rifle this morning at the paramilitary's camp under Partapur police station limits, according to Kanker Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jai Prakash Badhai.
When the trooper’s colleagues heard the gunshot from his barrack, they rushed to the place and found him lying in a pool of blood.
He was immediately rushed to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead, he said.
Jaisingh was a native of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
The exact reason which prompted him to take the extreme step was yet to be ascertained, Badhai said. A case has been registered in this connection, he said, adding that further probe is on.