Indian CRPF constable commits suicide in Ganderbal
Srinagar : An Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable committed suicide inside a camp in Ganderbal district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
According to Kashmir Media Service, CRPF constable Ranjit Das committed suicide by using a nylon rope to hang himself inside the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at Manasbal area of the district, Indian officials said.
The deceased hailed from Hajo tehsil in Kamrup district of Assam, the officials said, adding that the body has been sent for medico-legal formalities.
The officials said it was not immediately known why Das took the extreme step.
Meanwhile, a worker associated with a highway construction company was killed and a truck conductor injured after a truck ran over the worker near Seri on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban district on Sunday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Azam, 30, a resident of Bonzwa, Kishtwar. The injured truck conductor was identified as Mohammad Irfan, a resident of Kupwara.
According to reports, a truck had broken down on the highway last night.
Mohammad Azam was reportedly engaged in removing the faulty vehicle when another truck ran over him, leaving him critically injured.
