A CRPF jawan died after shooting himself with his service rifle in the insurgency-hit Sukma district, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
Inspector General of Police, Bastar, SRP Kalluri confirmed that jawan had died after getting shot. Kalluri however said that the shot was fired by jawan himself mistakenly.
Meanwhile, police sources informed that constable Murari Yadav (29) hailing from Haryana of 2nd battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was found lying in a pool of blood this evening at his barrack.
When his colleagues heard the gun shots they rushed inside the barrack and found him profusely bleeding and was immediately rushed to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead, source said. The jawan, was deputed as driver. Meanwhile a case has been registered in this connection and probe has begun, police said.