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CRPF jawan commits suicide in J-K

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Press Trust of India Jammu
A CRPF jawan has allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said here today.

Head Constable, J Parsad Varda, a resident of West Bengal, shot himself with his service weapon inside his barrack at Omara in Udhampur district last evening, they said.

He was rushed to hospital where the doctors declared him as brought dead, they said, adding that the postmortem was conducted and the body was handed over to CRPF authorities.

Further probes are on, police added.

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First Published: Jun 22 2013 | 4:10 PM IST

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