3 from J&K among 4 BSF jawans dead in fratricide

JAMMU: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan from Jammu and Kashmir allegedly shot dead three colleagues with his service weapon before committing suicide early today at a border outpost at Maguruli in Unakoti district of Tripura.

Two among the three victims were also from the state.

Officer-in-charge of Irani police station, Swapan Debbarma said, a constable -- Sishu Pal -- came to deposit his service rifle to head constable Bijoy Kumar at around 1 am after his duty got over and suddenly opened fire at Kumar, killing him on the spot.
It was not known if an altercation preceded the shooting incident, Debbarma said.

"After killing Kumar, Pal went berserk and fired indiscriminately to fatally injure two more constables -- Rinku Kumar and Rakesh Kumar Jadav. Rinku died at the Unakoti district hospital here and Jadav was shifted to ILS hospital at Agartala where he succumbed," Debbarma told reporters.

Sishu Pal, Bijoy Kumar and Rinku Kuamr, all hailed from Jammu & Kashmir while Jadav was from Uttar Pradesh.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

In a press statement, BSF condoled the incident and said arrangements are being made to send the jawans' bodies to their respective states.