Panic gripped the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) training centre premises in Jodhpur on Sunday after a constable locked himself in his house with his family and started firing in the air.

"A CRPF constable has locked himself in his house inside the CRPF training centre premises in Jodhpur along with his family and started firing in the air when anyone approached him," said Amrita Duhan, DCP Jodhpur East.