In Tripura, 3 BSF Jawans Shot Dead By Colleague Who Then Killed Himself

The formation Tripura frontier of BSF has expressed deep shock , at the fratricide at BOP Magroli incident last night and have offered their condolences to the Next of Kins.

Notably, in an unfortunate incident of fratricide, in the wee hours of 06 May, constable Shishupal of BSF, fired upon head constable Vijay Kumar, Kote NCO apparently in a tiff. He reportedly also fired at sentry, but missed him.

Subsequently he also fired upon at constable and driver Rakesh Kumar Yadav and constable Rinku Kumar and later shot himself dead. Constable Rakesh Kumar Yadav and constable Rinku Kumar taken to Civil Hospital Kailashahar, where Constable Rinku Kumar succumbed to his injuries. Constable Rakesh Kumar was evacuated in civil ambulance to ILS hospital , Agartala, where , he also breath .IG BSF of Tripura frontier and other Senior BSF Officers have rushed to the spot for detailed enquiry.

In an alarmingly bizarre incident at Magrauli outpost of BSF (55th battalion) under Irani police station in Kailasahar subdivision last night, an irate BSF jawan shot dead three of his colleagues , firing from service automatic , and himself committed suicide by shooting himself from the same weapon. The incident has triggered high tension in the bordering areas of entire Kailasahar subdivision and SP (Unakoti) Lucky Chauhan rushed to the spot with reinforcement to cope with the situation. A red alert has been sounded all along the bordering areas of Tripura with Bangladesh. 

A group of four jawans returned to Magrauli bordering outpost from duty and engaged in a bitter dispute over an unknown matter-supposedly over sharing of booty collected from smugglers- and constable Shishu Paul (j&k) shot dead two of his colleagues , Vijay Kumar and Rakesh Kumar Yadav and shot himself dead.

Shortly after the news spread SP (Unakoti) Lucky Chauhan and SDPO Rajiv Sengupta rushed to the spot with reinforcement and launched investigation into the triple murder and suicide. Sources in the BSF headquarter in Shalbagan, Agartala failed to give details of what actually had happened.