Raighar (Odisha): A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer allegedly shot himself dead with an AK-47 rifle in his office washroom in Odisha's Raighar Tuesday morning. The deceased officer has been identified as Sunil Kumar. Sources said that he was posted as 2IC in the CRPF's 4th Battalion.
This comes days after a 59-year-old CRPF sub-Inspector died by suicide on Wednesday. The incident took place at the CRPF campus near Chiloda village in Gandhinagar. According to police reports the SI was found dead in a pool of blood at his barrack. A team of police who reached the CRPF campus to probe the incident said that it is a case of death by suicide.
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The police has recovered the jawan's AK 47 rifle from the spot. The deceased was identified as Kishan Mohanbhai Rathore. He was a resident of Rakhial in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. Sources said that Rathore had returned from a leave a few days ago.
The deceased jawan's body was sent to Gandhinagar Civil Hospital for post-mortem. The incident came to light after his brothers-in-arms heard gun shot sound from his barrack following which he checked on him. Rathore was then found lying in a pool of blood with gunshot injuries.
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