Srinagar: Police on Friday said a soldier was killed in an accidental fire after his service rifle went off accidentally inside an army camp in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday.
A local news agency quoting a police officer said that the soldier namely Havaldar Rakesh Kumar of 8 JAT Regiment posted with the army’s 160 TA headquarters at Hirri sustained bullet wound in his chest. “The incident occurred while he was cleaning his service rifle.”
The injured soldier was immediately taken to a nearby health facility of army wherefrom he was later referred military hospital Drugmulla where doctors declared him brought dead
He said that police have taken cognizance of the incident and initiated further investigations in this regard. (with inputs from GNS)
