SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, an Indian soldier committed suicide byshooting himself in Jammu.
The soldier, Ranbir Singh, while on Santry duty at Hamirpur Nawan MilitaryGarrison in Khour area of Akhnoor ended his life by shooting himself withhis service rifle in his forehead, a police official said quoting IndianArmy officials.
This incident raised the number of such deaths amongst the Indian troopsand police personnel to 405 in occupied Kashmir since January 2007 tilldate.
Meanwhile, a 25-year-old woman, Meenali Gupta, was killed while eight othermembers of her family were injured when an Indian Army vehicle hit theirvehicle near Tikri in Udhampur.
The injured were identified as Dev Raj, Sudesh Kumari, Sunil Gupta, TanishaGupta, Taksvi Gupta, Sakshi Gupta, Deepak Kumar and Harshini Gupta.