New Delhi, Oct 25, 2024, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

New Delhi, Oct 25: Days after a Tripura State Rifles jawan allegedly shot himself dead with his service weapon in Korba, a CRPF head constable allegedly ended his life with his service weapon in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.

Head Constable Pavan Kumar turned his AK-47 rifle on himself on Thursday when he was posted on a watch tower. On hearing gunshots, his colleagues rushed there and shifted him to a nearby health centre where a doctor declared him dead, police said.

The CRPF, BSF and SSB are engaged in anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh and this is the seventh suicide by a trooper in the last five months in the state.

On October 18, a TSR jawan allegedly shot himself dead with his service weapon during security duty at a coal mine in Korba district. On September 14, a 44-year-old CRPF head constable took his own life at his unit's camp in Sukma district.

A constable of the Sashastra Seema Bal allegedly took the extreme step in Kanker district on September 3, while another SSB jawan died by suicide on August 27 in Durg district.

On August 26, a CRPF head constable allegedly turned his service rifle on himself in Dantewada district and a jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) died in a similar manner in Kanker on June 20.