Siliguri: A Border Security Force (BSF) constable committed suicide after shooting down a colleague and seriously injuring another at the Hemkumari border outpost in West Bengal's Coochbehar district on August 19, BSF sources said.

Constable B S Maharaja opened fire at around 6:20 am (IST) on August 19 following an angry verbal exchange with another constable Govind Kaushik, killing the man on the spot, additional deputy inspector general of North Bengal frontier of the Border Guards S S Sandhu said.

Havildar Ram Das who tried to stop Maharaja also sustained gunshot injury.

Maharaja then directed the firearm at himself, pumped two bullets and died on the spot, Sandhu said.

Ram Das was shifted to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in serious condition.

BSF ordered an inquiry into the incident, Sandhu said.

PTI