New Delhi: Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed Wednesday after a colleague allegedly fired at them after an altercation at their camp in Jammu and Kashmir.
The alleged fratricide incident happened around 10 pm when constable Ajit Kumar shot three of his colleagues from his service rifle at the 187th battalion camp of the force in the Battal Ballian area in Udhampur, officials said.
The officials said Kumar also shot himself and was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition.
Kumar hails from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and was rushed to a military hospital nearby.
The deceased have been identified as head constables Pokarmal R of Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, Yogendra Sharma of Delhi and Umed Singh of Rewari in Haryana.
The incident is said to be triggered after the jawans had an altercation, they said.
Senior CRPF and police officers have rushed to the spot, they added.
