STATE TIMES NEWS
Samba/Banihal: An Army personnel was electrocuted to death when he came in contact with a live wire inside a camp in Samba district, officials said on Sunday.
Deepak Pandey (25) of engineering squadron was electrocuted late Sunday night while working on some product, the officials said.
They said the soldier hailing from Uttrakhand was rushed to the military hospital where he breathed his last.
Police have started inquest proceedings in connection with the death of the soldier, the officials said, adding the body of the deceased would be taken to his hometown for last rites after completion of legal formalities.
Meanwhile, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Ramban district, officials said. Bashit Narayan Yadav, a resident of Bihar, was on duty near Banihal-Qazigund Tunnel along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway when he shot himself around 11.45 pm on Saturday, they said.They said the body of the deceased was shifted to sub-district hospital Banihal for postmortem and other legal formalities.
The motive behind his taking such an extreme step was not known immediately, the officials said.Meanwhile, a police personnel was injured when his service rifle went off accidentally during an operation in Rajouri district late Saturday evening.”During a routine operation task in Gundha Khawas area, a service weapon of a police personnel went off accidentally due to which the personnel received injury in his foot,” a police official said.On hearing the gunshot, some village defence guards fired some aerial rounds, he said, adding the injured jawan has been evacuated to hospital.
