Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service rifle in Rambagh area of Srinagar on Monday, police said.
Quoting the CRPF spokesman in Srinagar, Pankaj Singh, KNO reported that a CRPF man posted at Group Centre Rambagh identified as Pintoo Mondal of West Bengal, shot himself dead today morning. “An inquiry has been ordered as to what forced him to take this extreme step,” Singh said.
A senior CRPF official attributed the suicides among the force to depression caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier on July 19, a CRPF trooper committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service riffle at his unit in Pantha Chowk area of Srinagar.
