A jawan allegedly committed suicide and put his life to the end after shooting himself from his service gun, the jawan of border guarding force SSB, deployed for election duties in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal.
Officials said that, “the occurrence took place early in the morning when constable Sonu K Rathore fired two rounds on himself from his INSAS rifle at a forces' camp duty area in the district”. As per officials report, Rathore's unit, Sashastra Seema Bal's 38th battalion, was on election duty in Cooch Behar. Local police officials and senior SSB officers reached the spot. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to go into the reasons as to why Rathore took the extreme step, officials said.