A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sub-inspector on Tuesday shot himself dead in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district over fears that he might have contracted the novel coronavirus disease, reports said.
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As per local news agency, the CRPF sub-inspector, identified as Fatah Singh of 49th battalion – a resident of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan – shot himself with his service rifle in Mattan area of the south Kashmir district.
His colleagues rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.
The report said the deceased left behind a suicide note in which he expressed the fear that he might have been infected with coronavirus.
“No one should touch my body, I am afraid, I have corona,” ( KNO )
