An army personnel died of a bullet injury from his service rifle inside a post near the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Sunday, officials said.
The 28-year-old soldier, a native of Telangana, was on sentry duty at Border Outpost Saroj when his service rifle went off, causing his death on the spot, they said.
The incident took place at 4:30 pm and preliminary investigations suggested that the soldier committed suicide, they added.