In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian soldier has committed suicide in Jammu city. The soldier identified as Yogesh Kumar was on guard duty at Indian Army’s Kullian camp in Miran Sahib area on the outskirts of the city when he shot himself in the head with his service rifle.
Kumar, a resident of Himachal Pradesh, died on the spot and later his body was taken to the hospital by police for postmortem. This incident raised the number of such deaths amongst Indian troops and police personnel to 551 since January 2007.—KMS
