BSF jawan allegedly committed suicide in Samba

Samba: A jawan of the Border Security Force on Thursday allegedly committed suicide by shot himself with his service rifle at a forward border outpost in Samba.

The BSF jawan identified as Naresh Kumar of Haryana was posted at Chilayari in Samba sector. “The jawan shot himself dead. On hearing the gunshot his fellow jawans rushed to his side and found him lying in a pool of blood. The police was informed and they took custody of the body,” said an official.

The jawan’s body was shifted to the hospital for postmortem and a case has been registered in this regard.