C'garh: CRPF jawan shoots dead colleague, injures another

RAIPUR: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel was killed and another was injured when a colleague opened fire on them in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Friday morning, police said. The assailant, who was undergoing treatment for mental health issues, later tried to commit suicide by shooting himself, they said. The incident took place at 8 am in the camp of CRPF's 241st 'Bastariya' battalion at Sedwa village under Darbha police station limits, 330 km from state capital Raipur, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI. Constable Girish Kumar (25), who had been admitted to isolation ward of the camp for treatment of mental ailment, snatched a rifle from his colleague and opened fire, the IG said.