Srinagar: Suspecting that he may have have contracted the virus, another sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force committed suicide in Srinagar.

This is the second incident since early morning today as earlier a sub-inspector of CRPF had shot himself dead at Mattan area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The deceased belonged to 96 battalion of CRPF. He had left behind a suicide note that read, “I am afraid, I may have Corona.”

In the fresh incident, an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of CRPF posted with the 49th battalion in Srinagar, shot himself dead with his service riffle. CRPF spokesman in Srinagar Pankaj Singh confirmed to news agency that an ASI of CRPF had committed in Srinagar. “The reason for the suicide is being looked into,” Singh said.

Talking to a news agency special director general of CRPF Zulfikar Hassan said that two boys have committed suicide since morning in Kashmir. “We are trying to find out the reason as to why they took this extreme step,” he said—(KNO)