Overview
- Prahlad Kumar Singh, 31, of the SSB’s 35th Battalion, allegedly shot himself with his service rifle while on duty at the Shila picket under Simaria police station in Chatra.
- Fellow personnel alerted authorities, and the Chatra superintendent of police and the SSB commandant visited the site late Tuesday night.
- Police took custody of the body and sent it to Chatra Sadar Hospital for a post-mortem to be conducted by a team of doctors under a magistrate’s supervision.
- Reports differ on the timing of the shooting, with PTI citing around 8 p.m. and IANS reporting about 10 p.m., and no motive has been established.
- Relatives say he showed no distress in a call earlier that evening; he joined the force in 2017, married in 2018, returned from leave about a month ago, and is survived by his wife and young daughter.