Agartala Apr 21 PTI A BSF officer allegedly shot himself dead outside his battalion headquarters in Tripuras Dhalai district police said on ThursdayThe incident happened on Wednesday night in front of the main gate of the BSF camp in the Jawaharnagar area they saidThe deceased a native of Rajasthan was posted at the MK Para border post in Dhalai police saidIt is suspected that he died by suicide Police have initiated an investigation into the incident to know the actual cause of the death a BSF official said The BSF officer was brought dead to the Kulai district hospital around 9 pm Superintendent of Police of Dhalai Ramesh Yadav told PTIPrima facie it appeared that the BSF officer shot himself dead by his service revolver We have registered a case of unnatural death to find out what had led to the fatal incident he saidThe body has been sent for post mortem he added PTI PS SOM SOM