Army Havaldar commits suicide in Udhampur

An Army Havaldar committed suicide by jumping before a running train in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Havaldar Uma Ram Thakur of Rajasthan,presently posted in 3 Advance Base Workshop at Udhampur,about 65 km from here,committed suicide by jumping before a running train here last evening,police said today.

The body was recovered from the railway track and postmortem conducted,they said.

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Meanwhile,another army jawan died due to heart attack in the same district,they said adding he is posted in 6 Radio Monitoring Unit in Udhampur.

He was identified as Mandaghe Dayaram Lingaram of Latoor in Maharashtra,they said.