Mansa jawan among two armymen end their lives in J&K

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: The army lost two men on Tuesday when they killed themselves with their service weapons in Jammu and Kashmir, police said, as the suicide toll of personnel posted in the strife-torn state mounted to five in a fortnight.

According to police, sepoy Kulvinder Singh of 10 Sikh Regiment committed suicide in south Kashmir’s Qazigund area. He was from Mansa, Punjab.

In Samba district, soldier Naresh Yadav shot himself with his service pistol at around 10.15 am, said a police officer. After hearing the gunshot, other soldiers rushed to the place where he was lying in a pool of blood, he added. The soldier belonged to Alwar in Rajsthan.

Yadav was posted with a dog unit in 168 Infantry Brigade. The police have initiated inquest proceedings. Senior superintendent of police Anil Magotra said the body was sent for an autopsy and an investigation was initiated to ascertain what led to his death.

Earlier this month, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper committed suicide in Srinagar on March 10.

Days before that, two soldiers of the counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles shot themselves in Kupwara district on March 7 and 8. HTC