| From The Telegraph OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT |
Agartala, March 3: A jawan of the 89th battalion of the BSF last night shot dead two colleagues and inflicted serious injuries on another in remote Rajbari outpost of Tripura bordering the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The incident took place under Raisyabari police station of Dhalai district. The injured jawan is battling for life in GB Hospital, Agartala, after being airlifted by a chopper from Raisyabari. Senior BSF deputy inspector-general A.K. Singh and superintendent of police (Dhalai), R. Gopal Krishna Rao rushed to Raisyabari to take stock of the situation. Police and the BSF sources gave contradictory versions about the incident. DIG (operations) of state police Nepal Das said according to feedback he got,there had been simmering tension among BSF jawans posted in the Rajbari border outpost over smuggled booty. Smuggling is rampant in the area and a section of jawans was upset that the money, paid by local smugglers in lieu of safe passage of their contraband items across the border, were not being fairly distributed. Yesterday around 10.30pm, jawan Dhananjay Kumar, 30, raised the issue of unequal distribution of the booty. When three of his colleagues protested, Dhananjay took out his Insas rifle and fired from point blank range, critically injuring constables Sanjay Kumar, 28, Anil Kumar, 29, and Md Aslam Ali, 30. Sanjay Kumar died of his injuries while being taken to Raisyabari primary health centre. Anil Kumar was declared brought dead after being taken to Gandacherra subdivsional hospital. Ali was brought to GB Hospital, Agartala, and is battling for life. BSF (DIG) A.K. Singh gave a different version. According to him, constable Dhananjay Kumar was posted at another BOP but because of his borderline insanity he had been shifted to Rajbari BOP for improvement of his mental condition. “Instead of getting cured, he opened fire on his colleagues. We have still kept him at the Rajbari BOP but a decision about his status will be taken soon after consultation with our seniormost officers and doctors,” Singh said. Rao said in the border areas the police and the BSF have concurrent jurisdiction up to 1km from the zero line of the border and Dhananjay would have to be handed over to the police for interrogation and investigation. |
Friday, March 4, 2011
BSF jawan kills 2 colleagues
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