Police recovered bullet-ridden bodies of two security personnel — a woman jawan and her male colleague — from the CRPF office in West Midnapore’s Salboni late on Sunday night.
The police are probing if the deceased — Rajiv Kumar, 36, and Rabari Sejalban Kanjibhai, 26, — died by suicide by firing from their own service revolvers or the bullets were fired from one single weapon. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
Sources in the CRPF said Rajiv lived in Jhakahichak village in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, while Rabari was from Karoli village in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar. The two had recently returned from vacation and resumed duty at the CRPF’s Salboni office, the headquarters of the 232 battalion. The bodies were recovered from near the armoury depot of the CRPF, where Rajiv was posted.
Rajiv was in the CRPF for the last 18 years, while Rabari had joined the force a little over six months ago.
Superintendent of police, West Midnapore, Dinesh Kumar said: “The Salboni incident prima facie looks like a case of suicide. It will be clear once the post-mortem report comes.”