STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: A BSF soldier guarding a forward post along the Line of Control in Poonch district committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle.
“A jawan deployed at a forward post along LoC in Poonch district shot himself with his rifle at midnight,” a senior BSF officer said.
The jawan was shifted to hospital where he was declared dead. He was identified as Constable Pramodh Kumar.
According to Police the Jawan was on night duty at Sonawali BSF Post in Sub Sector Mankote area of Mendhar in Poonch district after finishing his duty in the morning took his service gun and shot himself resulting into his instant death.
The other jawans in panic came out of the post. They informed the Mendhar police station Police which took the body into its custody and shifted it to Mendhar Sub District Hospital for postmortem.
After conducting the postmortem and other formalities the body was handed over to BSF for being sent to its home State for last rites. The Mendhar Police station has registered a case under Section 174.CRPC.
Police has registered a case and started investigation into the suicide.
