CRPF officer shoots himself in Odisha's Raighar, dies

Raighar (Odisha) [India], April 25 : A Central Reserve Police Force officer died allegedly by suicide as he shot himself with an AK-47 rifle in Odisha's Raighar, sources said on Tuesday.

The officer was identified as Sunil Kumar who was posted as 2IC in the CRPF's 4th Battalion.

"A Central Reserve Police Force officer died allegedly by suicide by shooting himself with an AK-47 rifle in the bathroom of his office in Raighar, Odisha, today morning. The officer was identified as Sunil Kumar," sources said.

In an unrelated incident in Punjab's Bathinda recently, an Army jawan died of a gunshot wound after his service weapon went off accidentally, Punjab Police said on April 13.

The Army said that the incident took place in Bathinda Military Station on Wednesday evening.

The Army said that the soldier was on sentry duty with his service weapon and the case "purportedly seems to be of attempted suicide". He was shifted to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

"The weapon and cartridge case from the same weapon was found next to the soldier. He was immediately evacuated to the Military Hospital but succumbed to his injuries," the Army said.

The soldier had returned from leave on April 11.

"The case purportedly seems to be of attempted suicide. There is no connection whatsoever with the incident that took place at Bathinda Military Station yesterday," the Army said.

SHO, Bathinda Cantt Police Station said, "An Army jawan died of a bullet injury as his service weapon went off accidentally in Punjab's Bathinda last night. The deceased jawan has been identified as Laghu Raj Shankar."