<p class="title">A Chhattisgarh Armed Force jawan, posted on security duty of a Congress MLA, allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Dantewada district on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Head constable Aashoram Kashyap (44) shot himself with his service AK-47 rifle at around 1 am at MLA Devti Karma's residence here, a senior police official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He fired one round from the weapon on his chest, dying on the spot, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kashyap's colleagues alerted the police, following which his body was taken to the district hospital for post- mortem, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A native of neighbouring Bastar district, Kashyap had joined the police force in 2003, and was posted on security duty of Karma, who is a legislator from Dantewada Assembly segment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chhattisgarh Armed Force is a wing of the state police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">No suicide note has been recovered from the scene and further investigations are underway to ascertain why the deceased had taken the extreme step, the senior official said. </p>
<p class="title">A Chhattisgarh Armed Force jawan, posted on security duty of a Congress MLA, allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Dantewada district on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Head constable Aashoram Kashyap (44) shot himself with his service AK-47 rifle at around 1 am at MLA Devti Karma's residence here, a senior police official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He fired one round from the weapon on his chest, dying on the spot, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kashyap's colleagues alerted the police, following which his body was taken to the district hospital for post- mortem, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A native of neighbouring Bastar district, Kashyap had joined the police force in 2003, and was posted on security duty of Karma, who is a legislator from Dantewada Assembly segment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chhattisgarh Armed Force is a wing of the state police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">No suicide note has been recovered from the scene and further investigations are underway to ascertain why the deceased had taken the extreme step, the senior official said. </p>