Indian soldier commits suicide in OSJK

Baramulla, MTT News Desk: An Indian soldier from Border Security Force (BSF) committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service rifle.

The incident took place at Akhnoor sector in Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK), the officials of Indian armed forces said.

The Indian officials said that the soldier of Border Security Force (BSF) from 86 battalion, Bablu Singh son of Padam Singh was on the duty at forward post at Garkhal in Akhnoor sector when he took the extreme step.

However, the Indian army officials did not tell the reasons behind the suicide.

Singh’s body was dispatched to his residence at Bharatpur in Rajasthan after post-mortem.

Thousands of personnel of Indian army and other armed forces, such as BSF, had so far committed suicide in OSJK. In most cases, tension-ridden atmosphere and denial of leaves are reported to be the causes behind the suicide attempts among the security personnel in occupied Kashmir.