CRPF personnel shoots himself to death in Tripura

CRPF personnel shoots himself to death in Tripura

Agartala, Dec 3, 2020: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) assistant sub-inspector reportedly died by shooting himself with his service rifle on Tuesday morning.

The deceased jawan was identified as Jadav Deka who hailed from Kamalpur in Assam. Deka was posted as an Assistant Sub-inspector of the CRPF no 71 in Tripura.

The incident occurred at Radhanagar camp in Khumulwng, headquarters of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).

According to sources from Radhapur, deceased Jadav Deka had been in a state of depression over the daily drudgery of service and non-sanction of due leave by higher authority who kept on consoling him that his leave would be sanctioned soon. He
According to reports, jawans in the camp heard a gunshot and rushed to his room to find Deka lying in his pool of blood.

The critically wounded jawan was rushed to GB hospital, where he was declared brought dead.

After the post-mortem, the CRPF handed Deka’s body to his family members at the Dwigunpar residence and later his body was cremated with full rites.