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Indian soldier commits suicide in IHK

Published February 27, 2017 Updated February 27, 2017 12:00am

An Indian soldier committed suicide by shooting himself with his service gun at his camp in Mankote area Mendhar tehsil in Poonch district on Sunday. A Border Security Force (BSF) man of 200 Battalion committed suicide with his service gun at BSF Sonawali Gali Post in Sub Sector Mankote in the district, the police said. The deceased has been identified as sepoy, Parmod Kumar.
Frustration is stated to be the cause of his extreme step. This has raised the number of such deaths amongst Indian troops and police personnel to 378 since January 2007.