Sukma, A sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force allegedly died by suicide after shooting himself with his service weapon at his unit’s camp in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Wednesday.
Nearly 200 police and paramilitary personnel have died by suicide in the state over the past eight years due to various reasons, including family and personal issues, alcohol addiction and health problems, as per officials.
The incident occurred on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday at Mettagudam camp, located in a forested area of Bijapur district adjoining Sukma, a police official said. After hearing the gunshot, fellow personnel and officers at the camp provided him immediate first aid and shifted him in a field ambulance to Elmagunda camp in Sukma district, where he died during treatment, the official said.
Police registered a case of unnatural death.
An investigation is underway to ascertain the circumstances that prompted Yadav to take the extreme step, the official said.
