Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 14: A soldier shot himself dead with his service rifle at a camp in Kupwara district of North Kashmir today.
An official said Sepoy Deeraj Kumar of Engineering Unit was posted in a camp at Kralpora when his shot himself.
He was shifted to Military Hospital Drugmulla in Kupwara wherefrom he was referred to Command Hospital Udhampur for further treatment.
Later he succumbed to the injuries, they said. It was immediately not known why the soldier took the extreme step.