*SRINAGAR: An Indian soldier committed suicide at an army camp in Baramulladistrict of the occupied Kashmir.*
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.
A day earlier, Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and acrossthe world observed Indian Republic Day as Black Day.
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Several rallies and demonstrations were held in Azad Jammu and Kashmir atall district and tehsile headquarters against the illegal Indian occupationof Kashmir.
In Muzaffarabad, AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan lad the protestrally. Cabinet members, MLAs, Hurriyat leaders and people belonging to allwalks of the society participated in the rally.