A CRPF jawan on Tuesday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself from his service rifle in insurgency-riddled Dantewada district.
Officials said the incident occurred around 10 am when constable Satish Kumar allegedly shot himself using his INSAS rifle at a force camp in Aranpur village of the district. Kumar, who was taken to a hospital in Dantewada by his colleagues, was declared brought dead by doctors.
“A court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain what led Kumar to take this extreme step,” they said. Kumar belonged to the 231st battalion of CRPF, deployed in the area for anti-Naxal operations.
A native of Dharwad in Karnataka, Satish was a dog handler of the paramilitary squad.
A case has been registered in this connection, Dantewada Additional Superintendent of Police Ramkrishna Sahu said, adding that further probe is on.