ITBP jawan kills five colleagues before shooting self in Chhattisgarh

A heated exchange between jawans in the camp of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Chhattisgarh’s restive Narayanpur district took a fatal twist Wednesday morning when a soldier sprayed bullets and killed five colleagues before shooting self.

The jawans were stationed in Kadenar camp of ITBP’s 45th battalion that had been deployed in the area for counter insurgency operations. The densely forested pocket is a stronghold of maoists.

Reports reaching from the camp, about 350 kms from the state capital of Chhattisgarh, said one of the jawan in the camp, M Rehman had heated exchanges with his colleagues over some personal