Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man on Thursday evening ended his life by shooting himself with his service rifle in south Kashmir’s Shopian district.
A Police official told GNS that a constable Surender Kumar belt no. 035010517 of CRPF’s 14 Battalion (G Company) late this evening shot himself with his service weapon in CRPF camp at Imamsahab Shopian.
After hearing the gunshot wounds, the other CRPF men rushed towards Kumar and found him in a pool of blood, he said, adding that Kumar was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
“We’re trying to figure out the reason that led the trooper to commit suicide,” he said. Meanwhile, a case has been registered in this regard,” the official said.