Army man slips to death along LoC in Gurez

SRINAGAR — An Army man died after he slipped and fell into a deep gorge on Thursday in Chakwali Tulail area of Gurez along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

Official sources said that an Army man identified as Subedar Yamaha Kumar, No. JC 542433F of 6 Maratha Infantry Regiment slipped and fell down into a deep gorge while he was part of a patrolling party at Rekha forward post of Chakwali Tulail along the LoC, resulting in his on-spot death.

They said the body has been shifted to 92 base hospital Badami Bagh Srinagar through chopper for further medical formalities.