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A constable of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), deployed on election duty in Jharkhand, shot dead two of his seniors and injured another in Bokaro late on Monday, in the second incident of fratricide in the poll-bound state within 24 hours, officials said.

Officials said the constable of CRPF’s 226th battalion was drunk when he shot at an assistant commandant and an assistant sub-inspector at 9:30 pm on Monday killing them. He was also injured in the shooting.

CRPF officials said the reasons for the latest incident are not known yet and that senior officials have rushed to the spot.

An inquiry has been ordered into the matter, said another officer.