A senior Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer has flagged online gambling and fraud as a new factor that is pushing personnel to end their lives.
On a question related to mental health of and instances of suicides among the CISF personnel who guard vital installations, including airports and metro railway networks in the country, CISF Special Director-General Piyush Anand said in most cases, the reasons behind the suicides were personal and not professional. He added that the force was conducting financial literacy classes to train the staff against the possible pitfalls of gambling.
Mr. Anand was addressing a press conference on the occasion of the CISF’s 55th Raising Day at its regional training centre here. This RTC will host this year’s raising day parade, as part of the new initiative by the central government to organise these events outside the Delhi headquarters.
