Chennai: In a shocking incident, a depressed trooper gunned down three security personnel and injured two at the Kalpakkam nuclear complex Wednesday morning, a police official said.
The shooting happened around 5.30 a.m. when Vijay Pratap Singh, a head constable in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), gunned down three and injured two at their barracks, the police official said.
The incident happened near the township away from the power plant, an official of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) that operates MAPS told .
“We have taken the gunner into custody. He is docile and seems to be depressed. It seems he was not satisfied with the working conditions,” C. Vijayakumar, Kanchipuram district superintendent of police, told.
He said one of those killed, Mohan Singh, was allotting duties and Vijay Pratap Singh was not happy with him. (IANS)