BSF officer commits suicide near Kashmir LoC

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A Border Security Force (BSF) junior officer shot and killed himself near the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said.

Assistant Sub-Inspector Satpal Jaswal of the 72 battalion shot himself in Sabra area of Mendhar sector while he was on duty inside a bunker.

He was shifted to hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival, police said.