A CRPF trooper was injured on Friday from a shot from his AK-47 rifle in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district but a police officer said it was not clear if it was an accident or he tried to kill himself.
The incident took place at around 10 am in the Sameli camp of the CRPF’s 111th Battalion.
Constable D. John Raju shot himself while on security duty, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said. Raju is from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.
He was rushed to the Dantewada district hospital and then flown to Raipur.
The officer said it was not clear if it was a suicide bid or the weapon went off accidentally.