In an unfortunate incident, a jawan took his life while on duty at a Border Security Force (BSF) campus in Madhya Pradesh on Monday.
In an unfortunate incident, a jawan took his life while on duty at a Border Security Force (BSF) campus in Madhya Pradesh on Monday.
A Border Security Force Jawan Sumit Kumar allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the Campus at Tekanpur in Gwalior, during the noon.
Both the police force and the Border Security Force have begun an investigation in the case.
In March 2017, the DG of Central Industrial Security Force said family issues and disputes are reasons behind 50% of jawan suicides
There are psychological aspects involved and all officers in the force, which has a strength of 1.45 lakh personnel, have been instructed to be more interactive with the men and women under their command, he said.
"We know that the society is changing rapidly and such people (with problems) need to be spotted, segregated and counselled. We are undertaking a number of measures to reach out to anyone among us who is under stress or is facing any problems," he said.
We want to touch the lives of our personnel, he said, adding that clear directions have been issued to supervisory authorities to increasingly "mingle" with their troops and check on their problems and issues.
The DG said the issue of timely leave is a "big bone of contention" in all police and paramilitary forces and the situation in the CISF is same, with a deficiency in staff numbers and over-stressed work hours.
"Hence, we have come with the idea of constituting leave committees in all our units. The committee in Delhi Metro is doing well...this committee will ensure that troops prioritise their leave requirements among themselves," Singh added.
Elucidating on it, he said a jawan who needs leave to attend the wedding of his real brother will get priority over his colleague who requires the same to attend the marriage of his distant relative or friend.
"These are all case-to-case basis selections and this committee will work under the command of the unit commander and the members of the committee will be rotated on a monthly basis," he said.
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