Four CRPF personnel were killed in indiscriminate firing

- There have been 193 suicides in the CRPF since 2018

- CRPF claims that a young man on duty in a Chhattisgarh camp became a victim of mental stress

New Delhi: A traumatized man opened fire on a colleague at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp south of Bast district in Chhattisgarh early Monday morning, killing four and injuring three others.

The CRPF said in a statement today that the jawan, who killed four of his own comrades in an accident in Chhattisgarh early Monday morning and later injured three others, may have been suffering from mental stress at the time of the incident. Would have become upset.

At the Lingapalli camp south of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh, Riteish Ranjan was captured by his other comrades. According to the information received, Ritesh had indiscriminately fired an AK-47 rifle at his accomplice Jawano, killing him. The incident took place at 9.45 am at C Company of the 20th Battalion of the CRPF. It is worth mentioning that going to the jobs of military and paramilitary forces is a major cause of loneliness and homelessness which in turn leads to mental trauma and in many cases leads to suicide. Twelve CRPF personnel have committed suicide since 2014.