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| Another soldier commits sucide in Ratnuchuck | | Jawan Killed, Major injured in gunfight in rajouri | |
Jammu, July 3
A junior rank official of the Indian army late Monday night shot himself dead with his service rifle on the outskirts of Jammu in Ratnuchuck area barely twenty four hours after a woman army officer Megha Razdan allegedly committed suicide. Meanwhile, in another incident a soldier was killed and a major of the Indian army was injured in a gunfight near darhal in Rajouri sector. The gunfight between the militants and the army men took place near Manowali Dhok in the area and rifleman Bharat Singh was killed and major Jam Stephen was injured in the firing incident.
According to defence PRO, the army jawan has been identified as rifleman Vishnu Pratap Singh of the Rajputana Rifles. He said the rifleman was posted on sentry duty at the time of incident which took place around 10.30 p.m. on Monday night.
According to reports, the soldier shot himself in the neck with his service rifle.
The soldier was from Bhind in Madhya Pradesh and was 21 years old. He had been serving in the army for the past four years. The army authorities have already ordered a court of Inquiry and a police case has been registered in Bari Brahamna police station. The body of the soldier as sent for postmortem and report was awaited.
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