NEW DELHI – Indian Army paratrooper from Para One Brigade died duringdiving exercise at Malpura dropping zone in Agra on Friday. Lance NaikSunil Kumar sustained head injuries after his parachute failed to open.

“The body of Lance Naik Sunil Kumar was brought to military hospital inAgra for a postmortem on Friday. The primary reason assigned was fallingfrom a height, leading to fatal head injury causing death,” said RameshBhardwaj, incharge of Malpura police station in Agra.

“After the autopsy, the body was handed over to the army staff. Thedeceased was from a village in Palwal district of Haryana,” Bhardwaj added.Kumar is survived by his wife and a son.