Kathua, Sept. 29 -- Four Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel were allegedly shot dead by a Head Constable of the force following a verbal argument over an issue at the Sewa-II Hydroelectric Project unit in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Tuesday evening, officials said.

The incident took place around 7 pm at the Sewa Project based in Mashka village under Basohli area in Kathua district.

Citing an initial report received from the incident site, the CISF in a statement, said the accused 2009-batch Head Constable opened fire at his colleagues following an altercation broke out among them on some issue that is yet to be known.

The deceased CISF personnel have been identified as Assistant Commandant Ankit Kumar Pandey,...