Added on March 21, 2020
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CRPF trooper commits suicide, was posted at Civil Secretariat sgr
Srinagar, Mar 21: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan who was ailing and under treatment, committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Srinagar on Saturday.
Officials said that a CRPF trooper, identified as HC Dilbagh Singh of 23 Battalion, posted at Srinagar civil secretariat, shot himself while on duty at around 12:30 am during the night.
Soon after the incident, his colleagues rushed towards him and found him in a pool of blood.
The injured Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him as brought dead, they said.
A CRPF official said that the HC was sick and under treatment since past few weeks. (KNO)