Jammu: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan on Thursday allegedly shot himself dead at a post along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said.

The incident took place at the border outpost (BoP) at Chilyari, a senior police officer said .

The soldier has been identified as Naresh Kumar, he said, adding the body has been sent for postmortem.–(PTI)

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