Three CRPF personnel were killed on Wednesday, 20 March, after a colleague allegedly fired at them after an altercation at their camp in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
The alleged fratricide incident happened at around 10 pm when constable Ajit Kumar shot three of his colleagues from his service rifle at the 187th battalion camp of the force in the Battal Ballian area in Udhampur, they said.
The officials said while three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed in the firing, Kumar also shot himself and is critical in a hospital.
Harinder Kumar, Commandant of 187th Battalion of CRPF said, as per ANI: "Three jawans have died, the one who shot them is critically injured."
Ajit Kumar hails from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and was rushed to a military hospital nearby, they said.
The deceased have been identified as head constables Pokarmal R of Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, Yogendra Sharma of Delhi and Umed Singh of Rewari in Haryana.
The incident is said to be triggered after the jawans had an altercation, they said.
Senior CRPF and police officials have rushed to the spot, they added.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)
(This is a developing story and will be updated with more inputs)
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