CRPF jawan kills 4 colleagues, injures 7 in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma

TIL Desk/National/Raipur/ Four CRPF personnel were killed and seven others injured after their colleague opened fire at them while they were sleeping in a camp in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday. The accused jawan has been identified as Ritesh Ranjan.

As per the official statement, “In the preliminary investigation it has emerged that Ritesh Ranjan (accused CRPF jawan) after getting ready for duty, randomly opened fire on other personnel sleeping in the barrack.”

However, the exact reason behind this incident is yet to be ascertained, an official statement from Sukma district police said. Three of four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel killed in the firing hail from Bihar, and one from West Bengal. They have been identified as Dhanji, Rajib Mondal, Rajmani Yadav and Dharmendra Kumar.

“Regret to inform that in a fratricide case CT/GD F.No. 1100110058 Ritesh Ranjan has opened fire on Company personnel in C/50 Lingalapalli under PS Maraiguda in early hours at about 3.15 A.M and in the incident 07 personnel were injured and immediately rushed to Bhadrachalam area hospital for first aid,” the CRPF said in a statement.