PATNA: Gunshots were heard at Bihar Military Police Gorkha Vahini camp on Tuesday (September 1) morning. When locals rushed to the post, they found two bodies, of a man and a woman, of Gorkha personnel lying on the ground. 


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Top officials also reached the spot and began investigating the matter. The police said that it will only be known after the investigation if it's a suicide or murder, adding that prima facie appears to be a case of an affair between the two colleagues. 


However, there has been no official confirmation on the same. 


The deceased have been identified as Amar Subba (36) and Varsha Tiping Tamang (26). Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Upendra Sharma said a total of five bullets were fired from the self-loading rifle of Amar Subba, who was found lying in a pool of blood beside his colleague Varsha Putung, his junior, at the premises of BMP-1.


The first battalion of Bihar Military Police is also known, in common parlance, as the "Gurkha battalion" as it draws much of its workforce from among the members of the tribe.

"Both hailed from Darjeeling. Both were married with families back home. On the basis of forensic examinations so far, we can say that all the five bullets were fired from Subbas SLR and no third person was involved", the SSP told reporters.


Asked whether he suspected that Subba had first killed Putung before pointing the gun at himself, the SSP said, "we are not ruling out anything at this moment. "We would be able to say more after getting feedbacks from their colleagues about what type of relationship the two deceased shared.