BANIHAL: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Bashit Narayan Yadav, a resident of Bihar, was on duty near Banihal-Qazigund Tunnel along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway when he shot himself around 11.45 pm on Saturday, they said. They said the body of the deceased was shifted to sub-district hospital Banihal for postmortem and other legal formalities. The motive behind his taking such an extreme step was not known immediately, the officials said.
