A jawan of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at a paramilitary camp in the insurgency hit Bijapur district, a police officer informed here on Monday.
The incident occured late night on Sunday, when the deceased identified as Sanjay Kumar Awasthi (27) allegedly shot himself with his AK-47 rifle, informed Bijapur, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sukhnandan Rathore.
The jawan belonged to Uttar Pradesh and was posted in 85th battalion of CRPF’s E-company stationed at Pamalvia camp, he added. The incident took place when the deceased was in alone in his room at the camp. Suddenly, the jawans in camp heard a gunshot and rushed to the spot where they found Awasthi lying in a pool of blood, DSP said adding
Then, Sanjay was rushed to district hospital Bijapur where doctors declared him brought dead. Detailing further about the incident, DSP said that police investigators after talking with other CRPF personnel in the camp came to know that that Awasthi was depressed due to some family problem and was unable to bear the pressure. This could be one of the reasons for him taking such an extreme step, Rathore added.
Meanwhile a case in this connection has been registered and investigations has begun in the case.