An Agniveer reportedly died of a bullet wound on Wednesday morning at a forward post along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Mankote sector of Poonch district.
Identified as Amritpal, he was recently deployed on the border after six-month training.
According to the police, inquest proceeding have been initiated to ascertain whether it was an accidental fire from deceased’s own weapon or an incident of suicide.
Since the central government introduced the Agniveer scheme for the recruitment of soldiers for a four-year period, including six months of training, last year, this is the first incident of an Agniveer dying of a bullet wound.