Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: An Army jawan died of electrocution in Samba district.
Dev Singh Tomar, 27, who was deployed with 12 Raj Rifles at Bari Brahmana in Samba died yesterday while performing routine duty of lowering down the tri-colour (Retreat in his unit,” police here today said.
Police said the jawan suffered an electric shock from the pole, which was below the high tension wires and fell unconscious.
He was immediately shifted to the nearby hospital but declared as brought dead, police said.
A case has been registered and investigations started.
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