A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Sub-Inspector (SI) reportedly shot dead his senior with his service weapon before killing himself at a bungalow allotted to the Home Ministry in Delhi, officials said on Saturday.

A PTI report states an argument between Sub-Inspector Karnail Singh (55) and Inspector Dashrath Singh (56), both from the 122nd CRPF battalion led to the incident. The SI first shot dead his senior in their room and later killed himself around late night on Friday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Eish Singhal said, "We received information regarding the incident around 10.40 pm. Karnail was found near the main gate of the bungalow while Dashrath was found dead inside their room".

The SI hailed from Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir and the inspector was from Rohtak in Haryana.