BSF jawan shoots himself dead in J&K’s Samba

BSF constable Mridul Dass allegedly died by suicide while on sentry duty at a forward post in Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir. The motive remains unknown. Police have sent the body for postmortem and started an inquest into the incident.

Samba/Jammu: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at a forward post in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said.

Constable Mridul Dass was on sentry duty in Border Out-Post Malluchak in Ramgarh sector when he fired upon himself, the officials said. They said the motive behind his taking such an extreme step was not known immediately.

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Police have shifted the body of the deceased to Community Health Centre in Ramgarh for postmortem and also started inquest proceedings.