Coochbehar, 8 September . A jawan shot himself with his service revolver at the BSF barrack near Gadopota village in Sheetalkuchi block of Coochbehar district in West Bengal on Friday.
According to BSF sources, the name of the deceased was NM Swamy. He was a resident of Andhra Pradesh. He was on duty at Sheetalkuchi Amrit Camp.
Jawan Found Dead in Barrack
According to BSF sources, other jawans heard the sound of firing on Friday morning. When they rushed to the spot, they saw blood soaked Swami lying on the floor in. His Colleagues claimed that Swamy committed suicide early in the morning by shooting himself in the chest with a gun he was carrying. Colleagues took him Sheetalkuchi Block Primary Health Center where the doctors declared him dead. His companions believe that he has carried out such an incident due to family disturbance.
However, Mrityunjay Chakraborty, the officer in-charge of Sheetalkuchi police station said, ”The BSF has recovered the body and sent it to Mathabhanga for postmortem. The matter is being investigated.”
