CRPF officer kills two colleagues, injures another, dies

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) assistant sub-inspector shot and killed two of his colleagues and injured a third before dying by suicide at a battalion camp in Assam on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. The incident occurred at the 34 Battalion CRPF camp in Katimari, Nagaon district, shortly after 7 a.m.

The alleged shooter has been identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector GD Ballani Premabaram, a native of Andhra Pradesh. According to preliminary information from officials, Premabaram was deployed on main gate duty but was found without his assigned service weapon. He then reportedly took an INSAS rifle from the camp's Guard Room.

He moved to the rear side of the Quarter Guard, where he allegedly opened fire on Head Constable GD Vishnu Prasad Baghel, who sustained critical injuries and later died. Premabaram then shot Sub-Inspector GD Ramnawal Singh Yadav, who had arrived at the camp for document verification. Yadav died at the scene. The accused subsequently shot Assistant Sub-Inspector Mane Govind Sripul, attached to the B171 Battalion, leaving him injured.

Following the shooting, Premabaram entered a barrack and shot himself with the rifle, dying at the scene. The injured...