Ferozepur, June 15, 2013: A Border Security Force Constable during duty hours posted at Lakha Singh Wala Tent Post in Mamdot Sector reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service rifle on the tower.
The dead body of the jawan was sent to the civil hospital for post mortem.
The victim, identified as Gurlal Singh, was a resident of Mansa district in Punjab. He was posted as a Constable in the 137 Battalion of BSF, along the India-Pakistan Border.
Malkiat Singh Toor, Commandant BSF informed that Gurlal Singh resident of Mansa had joined the BSF during last year only and posted in Mamdot Sector.
However, the exact reason behind his death could not be ascertained but in a suicide note, recovered from his uniform, he claimed that nobody be held responsible for his death as he himself decided to end his life, claimed the officials.
According to police official, proceedings under section 174 have been initiated after taking into possession the rifle used for committing suicide.