Another Indian Air Force officer commits suicide in IOK

SRINAGAR: An officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF) committed suicide by shooting himself with his service pistol inside a camp in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Warrant Officer Inder Pal Singh, aged 53, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, allegedly shot himself at Air Force Station Kalu Chak on the outskirts of Jammu. Officials told Indian media that Singh’s colleagues rushed him to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead.

The motive behind the suicide was not known immediately and police have started inquest proceedings and further investigation is underway. This was the second incident of suicide among the IAF personnel in the Jammu region this month

Last week, two Indian military soldiers committed suicide in Kupwara and Poonch districts of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). According to reports, a soldier of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) committed suicide by shooting himself with a rifle in Kupwara district.

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The deceased was identified as Head Constable Kundan Ram Kumar, aged 38 of 169 Battalion. Reports suggested Kundan ended his life by shooting himself with his service rifle at the Brinwari area in the Kupwara district.

Another soldier identified as Mohit Kumar, aged 46 of Rashtriya Rifles, shot himself with his service rifle in a Mankato Sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu region. Earlier, a Sepoy, Prince Kumar (25), shot himself at Chinar camp in Rehambal Udhampur (IHK) with his service rifle on January 17, 2020.

According to a report, the incidents of suicide has raised the number of such deaths among Indian troops and police personnel in Indian occupied Kashmir to 467 since January 2007 till date.