A CISF jawan, posted in the Delhi metro network security unit, today allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself from his service pistol inside the station premises.
Officials said the incident was reported from Mewala Maharajpur metro station on the violet line at about 7:40 AM when constable Alpesh Rathod (30) was found lying in a pool of blood after he allegedly shot himself from his pistol in the CCTV observation room in the station area.
The security personnel went into a tizzy for sometime as the gun shot was heard inside the station.
"A Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the incident to ascertain the circumstances as to why Rathod took the extreme step. He used his service weapon to commit suicide," an official said, adding a family dispute is suspected to have led the jawan to take the extreme step.
Rathod, a native of Gujarat, had joined the Central Industrial Security Force's metro security unit in October 2014 and is survived by his wife and one-year-old daughter.
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