Army jawan commits suicide in JK

An Army personnel named Sepoy Prince Kumar who was on guard duty in a camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur committed suicide with his service rifle. The body of the deceased would be handed over to his unit after the completion of medical and other legal formalities which were underway.

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir): An Army jawan committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in a camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, police said on Saturday.

Sepoy Prince Kumar (25), a resident of Hoshiarpur in Punjab, was posted in 112 Territorial Army and was on guard duty when he shot himself at Chinar camp in Rehambal area on Friday, a police official said.

The official further said that the motive behind the extreme step was not known immediately.

The body of the deceased would be handed over to his unit after the completion of medical and other legal formalities which were underway, he said.