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| Solider kills wife, himself | | | Jammu, Mar 4
An army Jawan, who had come to his home on special leave to celebrate Holi with his family, committed suicide after killing her wife in a remote village of Bhaderwah in mountainous Doda district, late on Saturday evening.
Official sources said that the army Jawan, who was at home on leave, burnt his wife by pouring Kerosene on her after a heated exchange between the two. The Jawan later burnt himself to death, they added.
Giving details of the incident Deputy Inspector General of Police Doda-Udhampur Range L Mohanty told that the solider Ranjeet Singh, posted with TA Battalion at Bhaderwah, had gone to his home in village Hadal of Bhaderwah tehsil on one-day special leave to celebrate Holi with his family.
The Jawan had a verbal dual with his wife following which Ranjeet sprinkled kerosene on her wife and set her on fire. Soon after taking the extreme step, the solider set himself afire after pouring kerosene on him, the DIG added.
It was learnt that the woman, identified as Neelam Devi, died on the spot, while her husband was shifted to Sub District Hospital Bhaderwah in critical condition. He was shifted to Government Medical College Hospital, Jammu on an Army helicopter, where he succumbed to his injuries today.
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