Preventing fratricide in CAPFs
Denial of leave remains a major trigger for personnel who resort mpto fratricide
Updated At : 07:40 AM Aug 21, 2026 IST
AN assistant sub-inspector — Balani Premabaram — who was on duty at the main gate of 34 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Nagaon, Assam, on August 4 went to the Quarter Guard, took a rifle, walked up to the rear of the Quarter Guard and shot dead two of his colleagues — sub-inspector Ramnawal Singh Yadav and head constable Vishnu Prasad Baghel — while seriously injuring assistant sub-inspector Mane Govind Sripul. He then rushed to a barrack and shot himself dead. The circumstances that led to the fratricide are under investigation.
