Kupwara- A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper committed suicide on Friday by shooting himself in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Police said that the trooper shot himself with his own service rifle at Branwari area of Kupwara and died on spot.
The trooper has been identified as head constable Ram Kumar of 169 battalion.
“Preliminary investigations reveal the trooper was suffering from acute depression and hypertension. An FIR has been lodged into the incident,” the police said.
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