CRPF sub-inspector kills colleague, commits suicide in Delhi's Lodhi Estate

New Delhi: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sub-inspector killed another CRPF inspector and then committed suicide in Delhi's posh Lodhi Estate area late on Friday (July 24) night.

The incident is said to have taken place at 10:30 pm at the government accommodation on the Tughlaq Road in Delhi's Lodhi Estate area. Police, after receiving a PCR call, arrived at the scene immediately and found two CRPF personnel dead on the spot. 

According to reports, on Friday night, CRPF sub-inspector Karnail Singh and inspector Dashrath Singh got into an argument after which the former took out his service weapon and fired at the latter. The sub-inspector then shoots himself with the same weapon. Investigations revealed that there was a tussle between the two that escalated on Friday night. 

Sub-inspector Singh fired a bullet while the Inspector was having a meal in his room. He then shot himself at the entrance gate near the guard room of the bungalow. 

Karnail Singh, a CRPF sub-inspector of the 122 Battalion, hailed from Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir while Inspector Dashrath Singh was from Rohtak in Haryana. 

An inquiry is being conducted to ascertain the cause behind the incident, police said, adding that there is no eye-witness to the case.

"In a fratricidal event last night, one sub-inspector of 122 Battalion of CRPF shot dead an Inspector of the same Battalion before getting himself shot with his service weapon. The incident at 61, Lodhi Estate is an aberration which seems to have been committed on the spur of the moment. An enquiry has been ordered to establish the facts of the matter and will be taken to its logical end. Meanwhile, senior officers of the Force have rushed to the spot and handling the situation," M Dinakaran, DIG and official spokesperson, CRPF said.

The 61 Lodhi Estate mansion is allotted to the Home Ministry.