Soldier commits suicide in Srinagar

SRINAGAR — A soldier allegedly committed suicide in Srinagar outskirts, official sources said.

They said that a soldier ended his life at JAKLI Centre Rangreth Srinagar. Police sources identified the slain as Lance Naik Akash Kumar.

Meanwhile, a trooper from F. Company 133 Battalion CRPF collapsed while jogging early in the morning at his Pulwama camp.

Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the trooper was taken to District Hospital Pulwama where doctors declared him brought dead.

The victim has been identified as Head Constable Brij Mohan.