NEW DELHI, Feb 13: A Central Reserve Police Force jawan allegedly killed two of his colleagues and injured eight others before taking his own life at CRPF camp in Lamphel located in the Imphal West district at around 8.20 pm on Thursday, official sources said.
Accused Havildar Sanjay Kumar opened fire from his weapon killing a constable and a sub-inspector of the force on the spot. He later turned the gun on himself and has been declared dead, the sources said. The accused was from the 120th battalion of the force, Manipur Police informed in a post on X.
Eight CRPF personnel have been injured in the firing and they have been shifted to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal, they said. The cause of the incident is being investigated and there was no official word from the force immediately.
(Manas Dasgupta)
