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2 paramilitary jawans, on poll duty, killed in firing in Gujarat’s Porbandar
The incident took place around 7 am at a place near Porbander where CAPF jawans of Manipur SRP are stationed a week ahead of the Gujarat polls
Two paramilitary troopers of the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB), posted in Porbander in Gujarat for election duty, were killed while two others were injured after they were shot at by their own colleague with an AK-47 rifle over an alleged tussle ahead in the poll-bound state, police said.
Elections in Gujarat will be held in two phases on December 1 and December 5. The counting of votes will take place on December 8.
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The deceased jawans, identified as Thoiba Singh and Jiten Singh of the 3rd Indian Reserve Battalion , were killed while two other jawans Rifleman Chorajit and constable Rohikana of 4th IRB were injured when a constable rifleman Inaucha Singh opened fire from his assault rifle, police said.
The injured were rushed to Bhavsinghji Hospital for urgent medical attention said A M Sharma, district collector and district election officer for Porbandar. He said the incident took place around 7 am at a place near Porbander where CAPF jawans of Manipur SRP are stationed a week ahead of the Gujarat polls.
“There was some heated argument when one of them started firing with an AK-47, killing one jawan on the spot. Another jawan died at the hospital. Two more were seriously injured and are being treated at a hospital in Jamnagar,” Sharma told Hindustan Times.
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Sharma said the process to file a first information report (FIR) has been initiated and they are trying to find out the reason behind the incident.
According to police, two battalions of the Manipur SRP clashed with each other on Saturday when rifleman constable Inauncha Singh started firing randomly, killing two jawans and seriously injuring two others.
The conflict broke out between IRB jawans at the Cyclone Center in Tukda Gosa village of Porbandar district, about 15 kilometres from Porbandar where they were deployed for poll duty.
