Army Havildar Shoots Self Dead in Kupwara

An army havildar shot himself dead this evening in Kachhal Keran in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

Officials told GNS that Havildar Gurjeet Singh, 41, shot himself dead with his AK-47 service rifle. “The individual was posted with 6 Rashtriya Rifles at Kachhal”, they said.

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“It couldn’t however be immediately known what prompted the soldier to take this extreme step”, they added.