*Tripura: *A jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly shot threeof his colleagues before killing himself in Tripura on Sunday night.

Shishu Pal of the BSF’s 55th Battalion, posted at Maguruli border inUnakoti district was a resident of Jammu and Kashmir. Mr Pal first openedfire on three jawans including a head constable, before shooting himselfwith his service weapon, said Shankar Debnath of the BSF.

At about 1 am, Mr Pal came to the border post and fired at head constableRinku Kumar and then at Rajesh Kumar. The head constable died on the spotwhile the other died at the district hospital in Unakoti. Reports suggestpersonal disputes were possibly behind the shootings. Senior officials ofthe BSF immediately went to the spot and an investigation has beenlaunched.

Last December, a jawan of the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) postedin Chhattisgarh opened fire at his colleagues, with an AK-47 assault rifleafter an argument, killing three superiors and a constable. A senior policeofficer said the jawan too suffered bullet injuries on his chest.

The incident took place in Basguda CRPF camp, in Bijapur district of southChhattisgarh, part of the heavily-forested Bastar region of the state thathas been the epicenter of Maoist violence. The fratricide was reported inthe CRPF’s intelligence wing’s camp. The jawan who was accused of firing athis colleagues had been identified as Sanath Kumar, 35, of Firozabad inUttar Pradesh. He was reportedly upset for not getting leave.