New Delhi: Two hundred and fifty-six Border
Security Force (BSF) personnel committed suicide between 2004 and 2011
due to various reasons, including occupational stress, the Rajya Sabha
was informed Wednesday.
Minister
of State for Home Jitendra Singh, in a written reply, cited data
provided by the BSF and the Bureau of Police Research and Development
and said that these suicides could not be attributed to occupational
stress alone.A number of suicides were due to personal or domestic reasons like marital discord, mental illness, depression and unsuccessful love affairs, he said.