CRPF jawan kills himself in Jharkhand
2 min readA 35-year-old CRPF jawan allegedly dedicated suicide by taking pictures himself along with his service rifle within the rebel-hit Latehar district, round 110km from Ranchi, on Saturday morning.
This is the second such incident inside a span of eight days.
The deceased jawan, who was within the 133 CRPF battalion near the Manika block headquarters, has been recognized as Praveen Mochari from Dubagaon in Assam’s Baksa district. He had come again from his native place on December 9.
Latehar SP Prashant Anand confirmed the suicide.
“The jawan had recently returned from his native place and seemed depressed. We can only speculate that it might be because of some domestic reason. However, we have not found any suicide note. The body has been sent for post-mortem to Latehar Sadar Hospital. He had killed himself using his service rifle. The number of bullets that had been fired can only be determined after the post-mortem,” Anand stated.
Sources in Manika thana revealed that the jawan was deputed in Latehar for practically a yr and had shot one bullet from his Insas rifle that pierced his head, resulting in his instantaneous demise close to the guard’s room of the battalion.
The administration has deputed Manika circle inspector Vimal Kumar Singh because the Justice of the Peace and a case of unnatural demise has been registered on the native thana.
CRPF officers have knowledgeable senior officers at Chaibasa and Delhi in regards to the incident.
On the night of December 18, a CRPF jawan with the 214 battalion recognized as Abhishek Kumar, a local of Nalanda district of Bihar, had additionally dedicated suicide by taking pictures himself from his service rifle below Latehar Sadar thana space in the identical district contained in the CRPF campus.
The jawan had received married a yr in the past and had returned from residence on December 12. Domestic disputes have been attributed as causes for the suicide. However, no suicide notice was recovered from the spot and a case of unnatural demise was registered earlier than the physique was despatched for put up mortem at Latehar Sadar Hospital.
