CRPF Constable Reetesh Ranjan in Chhattisgarh opened fire with an AK-47 and killed four colleagues at around 3.30 am.
The incident where Reetesh Ranjan in Chattisgarh opened fire with an AK-47 occurred in the camp of CRPF’s 50th battalion in the Sukma district in Linganpalli Village under Maraiguda Police Station of the area of the district, located nearly 400 km from the state capital Raipur, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said.
While four CRPF personnel were instantly killed, three others were injured after their colleague opened fire at them in a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh”s Sukma district on Monday, a police official said.
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As per preliminary information, Constable Reetesh Ranjan fired at his colleagues with his service weapon, an AK-47 rifle, the official said.
The seven injured personnel were quickly shifted to a hospital in the nearby Bhadrachalam area of neighbouring Telangana, where doctors declared four of them dead on arrival, the official said.
Those killed were identified as constables Rajmani Kumar Yadav, Rajib Mondal, Dhanji, and Dharmendra Kumar, he said, adding that three other injured personnel were being treated at the hospital.
“The motive behind the firing is yet to be ascertained and an investigation is on into the incident,” the official said.
Constable Ranjan was immediately arrested and his interrogation is underway, he said.
Similarly, in another incident of fratricide in January this year, a CRPF jawan was killed and another one injured after their colleague opened fire at them in their camp in the state’s Bastar district, police earlier said. The shooter had then tried to commit suicide by shooting himself, they said.
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