CRPF trooper from Mirzapur shoots himself dead in J&K’s Ganderbal

Srinagar:  A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper shot himself dead on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.

Police sources said that trooper Deonath Yadav of 118 battalion who hailed from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in the Gund area of Ganderbal district while he was on duty at CRPF camp Gund today morning.

The body of deceased CRPF trooper has been shifted to hospital for legal formalities, official said

An FIR was registered and an investigation has been launched to find out the reason behind this extreme step, police sources said.