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Army man commits suicide in Kunzer

An army man committed suicide on Thursday by shooting himself dead with his service rifle in the Kunzar area of Baramulla district.
The army man of 2 RR, posted at Kunzar, shot himself while on duty in the wee hours. He was rushed to a military hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

On March 20, Two army suicides were reported in a single day. One Jawan Naresh Yadav was found dead with bullet injuries in the Maheswar area of Samba district.

Earlier that day, another army man committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Qazigund area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources said that the Sepoy Kulvinder Singh of 10 Sikh Regiment shot himself at army camp in Mughalgund area of Qazigund while he was on duty.

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On March 10, an Indian trooper posted in Srinagar had ended his life by shooting self with his service rifle.

Police sources had said that Constable Sukhdev from 79 Battalion CRPF shot self to death using his service rifle. Confirming the incident, Srinagar based PRO, Central Reserve Police Force said that the trooper died on spot.

It was the third such incident in a week. Earlier, in two separate incidents, two soldiers from Rashtriya Rifles of Indian Army killed themselves in North Kashmir.

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Recently, Union Home Ministry had told a parliamentary panel that nearly 700 Central Armed Police Forces have committed suicide in the last six years, which is more than the number of personnel killed in action.

“During the last six years, approximately 700 personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces have committed suicide and the rate of voluntary retirement is approximately 9,000 personnel per year,” the ministry said.

The reasons include “lack of stability, loneliness and domestic strife”, senior officials of the ministry, led by the Union home secretary, told the Parliament’s Committee on Estimates, headed by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi.

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