UP shocker: Soldier shoots himself at PAC camp in Sonbhadra district; probe on
VARANASI: A commotion erupted early Friday morning at the PAC camp in Amwar in Sonbhadra district when a soldier on duty shot himself. Hearing the gunshot, fellow soldiers rushed to the scene and took him to CHC Duddhi, where doctors declared him dead.
According to reports, Constable Sandeep Singh, 26, a resident of Alampur Post in the Gadwar police station area of Ballia district, was stationed with the 39th Battalion G Company in Mirzapur. After completing VVIP duty in Varanasi on August 5, he reported to the Amwar PAC camp.
Around 4 AM, he allegedly shot himself in the neck with his service rifle (SLR). The bullet pierced through his neck and head, leaving him in a critical condition on the spot.
Upon hearing the gunshot, other soldiers at the camp arrived quickly and rushed the injured constable to the hospital, but it was too late by then.
CO Rajesh Kumar Rai, PAC Naxal In-charge Dev Narayan Yadav, and Deputy Commandant
Vijay Anand
arrived at the scene after getting information. They informed the family. The police said that the reasons behind the soldier's suicide are being investigated.
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