Chhattisgarh police jawan kills himself; second such death in a week

The officials said an inquiry had been instituted to know the cause behind that resulted in the incident

A police jawan shot himself dead in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district Thursday--the second such death in a week in the state among forces fighting Maoist rebels.

Ramaram Swami belonged to the Special Task Force (STF) of Chhattisgarh police and he was posted in Potali camp under the Aranpur police station.

Swami, who belonged to Sikar in Rajasthan, shot himself with his service rife this morning, said a senior police official in Dantewada. When Swami's colleagues rushed to their barracks on hearing a gunshot, they found Swami lying on the floor bloodied. He was dead.

Police officials refused to comment but media reports quoting Swami's