Indian army captain killed, trooper commits suicide in IHK

Srinagar, December 08 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, an Indian Army officer, who was injured in an attack in Sopore town succumbed to his injuries.

The officer identified as Captain Abhimanyu was critically injured on Tuesday evening in an attack at Model Town Sopore succumbed at Army’s Badami Bagh hospital in Srinagar. Later, the personnel of Rashtriya Rifles, CRPF and Special Operations Group launched siege and search operations in the town, which continued till last reports came in.

On the other hand, a trooper of 35-Rashtriya Rifles, Kishore Kumar committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside army camp at Beerwah in Budgam. This raised the number of such deaths amongst Indian troops and police personnel to 201 since January 2007.

Meanwhile, thousands of men, women and children staged demonstrations in Baramulla town against the killing of a youth, Zahoor Ahmed Dar. He was injured during the use of brute force by Indian troops against protesters three months ago and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday.

Source: Kashmir Media Service.
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