Kashmir: CRPF personnel shoots self

A Central Reserve Police Force personnel shot and critically injured himself in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday morning, police said.

Fayaz Ahmad Dar, shot himself with his service rifle inside battalion headquarters of Central Reserve Police Force at Chrar-e-Sharief, a police spokesman said.

Dar, a resident of Tral area in Pulwama district, was shifted to SMHS hospital in Srinagar for treatment, the spokesman said, adding a case has been registered and investigations are on.