Chandigarh: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan shot himself dead with his service rifle on Sunday in Chandrgarh. He was posted at the Punjab-Haryana secretariat in Chandigarh. The deceased, 35-year old Naga Arjun, was a resident of Hadadi village in Karnataka's Davangere district. Police said the motive behind taking such a step is not clear but the deceased was allegedly suffering from depression. Also, police did not find any suicide note from the spot.
The incident occurred at around 4:30 am. CISF jawans rushed to the spot after hearing the gunshot and found the deceased jawan lying in a pool of blood. The Chandigarh police sector-16 were informed immediately and his body was taken to hospital for post-mortem. The relatives of the deceased have been informed and the dead body will be handed over to them after the post-mortem, police added. ASI Virendra Singh said further investigation into the matter is underway.
The incident has occurred four days after a CRPF jawan from West Bengal shot himself with service rifle while on duty at Jagdalpur police station in Sambalpur. Last month, another CRPF jawan died in a similar manner inside his barrack in the battallion headquarters in Chattisgarh's Bijapur town. In both cases, the reason behind the suicides could not be ascertained.
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In the wake of rising cases of suicide among security personnel, the task force-appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in a draft report in February stated that humiliation, harassment, tough service conditions and leave-related issues were main reasons behind suicides.
