Jammu: An army jawan was found hanging
in a military station in Udhampur district of Jammu and
Kashmir, police said here on Tuesday.
35-year-old Lance Naik Santosh Gurg of Gorkha Regiment
went to a toilet at Gorkha Regiment Unit in Jib Thathi in
Udhampur district last night and did not return for long, they
said.
Gurg was later found hanging with a roof top of the
camp by his colleagues.
Police has registered a case and investigations are
on, they said, adding the army has ordered a court of inquiry
into the incident.
Gurg, resident of Nepal, had returned recently after
three months of leave, they said.
Confirming the incident, Rambal Station House Officer
R K Phada said that preliminary investigation has suggested
that the jawan had committed suicide.
PTI
