3 CRPF jawans killed in fratricidal shootout

Three CRPF personal were killed and one critically injured in a fratricidal shootout inside their campus in South Kashmir’s Kulgam area on Saturday night.

A senior police official told TSI that the incident occurred when a group of CRPF personal was quarrelling due to some reason not known yet and then they suddenly started firing on each other.

Two constables P Sibbu and Suman Pillay were killed on the spot while as two others Javed Hussain and S D Murthy of the same rank were critically injured.

Both the wounded personal were rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared Javed brought dead. Murthy is said to be in a critical condition.

All of them were drivers of the CRPF 18th Battalion.

Soon after the incident occurred, the higher authorities of Police and CRPF rushed to the spot to take the stock of the situation.

Local police has detained six CRPF personal for questioning, who are eye witness to the incident


“The CRPF authorities have given enquiry orders to know all the details and the facts about the incident” Public Relations Officer CRPF, Mohsin Shahidi, told TSI.

It is pertinent to mention that such kind of incidents have been happened in past too but this is the first such kind of incident this year.
 

Experts believe the physiological depression in the security personal deployed in Kashmir Valley is the main reason behind such fatal incidents.

The prolonged separation from families, tough and fearful duty and the lack of basic facilities are being considered as the reason of depression in security personal.

Apart from other endeavors, the CPRF and other security forces agencies have started the yoga classes to combat the anxiety among soldiers for last few years.