Amritsar, March 6
A trooper of the Border Security Force fatally shot four of his colleagues at the BSF Khasa headquarters of the114 Battalion (Bn), sources said on Sunday.
He was also killed in the incident, sources said.
The headquarters is located a few kilometres from the Attari-Wagah border.
There’s no official statement yet from the BSF headquarters, but sources identified the jawan as Ct Setteppa SK of ‘B’ Coy 144 Bn, who they said allegedly fired at his colleagues in the force’s mess area at 9.45 am.
Some other colleagues present in the mess shot him, sources said.
All five, including the suspect, were declared dead at the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, where they were brought in for treatment. One trooper was critically wounded and is currently undergoing treatment, the sources said.
The BSF has ordered a court of inquiry into the incident, the sources said.
