*SRINAGAR: Yet another Indian soldier committed suicide at an army camp inBaramulla district of the occupied Kashmir rising the number of suchsuicides among soldiers to 420.*
Kashmir Media Service reported that a soldier identified as Lance NaikHemant Kumar Panday, a resident of Orissa, shot himself with his servicerifle at army’s 19 Infantry Brigade camp in Baramulla.
The soldier was posted at the camp on guard duty.
This recent incident has added to the number of suicide deaths of theIndian troops and police personnel to 420 in the held valley since January2007 till date.
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