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At Kolkata's Indian Museum, 1 CISF personnel killed, another hurt as colleague opens fire
The jawan used his service weapon to shoot at an assistant sub-inspector and a head constable.
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A CISF personnel was killed and another jawan was injured after one of their colleagues opened fire at the Indian Museum in Kolkata on Saturday, officials said. CISF unit head Akshay Kumar Mishra used his service weapon to shoot at an assistant sub-inspector and a head constable.
The deceased has been identified as Ranjit Kumar Sarengi.
Mishra surrendered after an hour after the incident. The police commissioner and other cops from Kolkata Police entered the spot wearing bullet-proof jackets to look for the accused who hid after firing at his colleagues.
Police commissioner, VK Goyal, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI: “One assistant-sub inspector has been killed, and one assistant commandant rank officer is injured. As to why he opened fire is a matter of investigation, it is still too early to say anything.”
After the firing, the two men were taken to the state-run SSKM Hospital where one of them died. The incident took place around 6:45pm in the barracks at the museum, which is India's "oldest and largest" such facility.
The CISF took over the armed security of the museum in December 2019. The museum, located in the heart of Kolkata, is an autonomous organisation under the administrative control of the Union ministry of culture.
(With PTI inputs)
