SRINAGAR- Indian CRPF jawan committed suicide on Saturday by shootinghimself with his service rifle inside a camp in Srinagar, the police said.

Constable Prukha Sukhdev of the 79 Battalion, posted in the Sonwar area ofthe city, shot himself with his service rifle inside the camp this morning,a police official said, adding that the jawan died on the spot.

The reason behind Sukhdev taking the extreme step was not knownimmediately, the official said, adding that a case was registered inconnection with the incident.