An Assistant Sub-Inspector of the CRPF committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district, police said on Thursday.
Gariaband Additional Superintendent of Police Chandresh Singh Thakur said Udayvir Singh of the 65th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) killed himself on Wednesday at a camp in Darripara village.
When his colleagues heard the gunshot, they rushed in and found Singh sprawled in blood. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Singh was from Uttar Pradesh, Thakur said, adding that a probe is on to ascertain the reason which led him to shoot himself.