BSF jawan kills self, colleague at camp along Bangladesh border

Updated: Mar 11 2022 2:07PM

New Delhi/Kolkata, Mar 7 (PTI) A BSF jawan allegedly shot himself dead after killing a colleague at a camp in West Bengal's Murshidabad along the India-Bangladesh border on Monday, a day after five troops of the force were killed in a fratricidal incident at a base along the Pakistan front.

The incident took place at the Kakmarichar Border Security Force (BSF) camp along the India-Bangladesh front. It falls under the paramilitary force's Berhampore sector, which is about 230 kilometres from state capital Kolkata.

"In an unfortunate incident, at around 0645 hrs, Head Constable Johnson Toppo of the 117th battalion shot head Constable H G Shekharan, and subsequently shot himself with his service rifle at border post Kakmarichar," a BSF spokesperson said.