RAIPUR: Six personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) including a Keralite were killed and two others injured in an exchange of fire among themselves in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Wednesday, police said.

The Keralite dead has been identified as Bijesh, a native of Perambra in Kozhikode. Two including a native of Thiruvananthapuram identified as S B Ullas sustained injuries.

The incident took place at the Kadenar camp of ITBP's 45thbattalion in Narayanpur, located around 350 km from here, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told reporters.
As per preliminary information, an ITBP jawan allegedly fired at his colleagues with his service weapon, killing six of them and injuring two others, he said.

Later, the jawan identified Masdul Rehman, a native of Bengal, who opened fire was also gunned down, he said. The others dead were Mahendra Singh (Himachal Pradesh), Daljit Singh (Punjab), Surjith Sarkar (Bengal) and Biswarup Mahtu (Bengal).

The injured personnel were being shifted to hospital, he said. Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg rushed to the spot, he added.