Sub Lieutenant Tejveer Singh

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 11

A 24-year-old naval officer from Haryana who was posted on a warship, INS Kuthar, died on Tuesday afternoon while handling firearms onboard.Sub Lieutenant Tejveer Singh was injured in an accidental firing and was immediately shifted to a naval hospital, INHS Kalyani, in Vishapatnam, the Indian Navy said on Tuesday.The officer had been raised by an uncle and was not married.   His family has been informed of the his death and a Board of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident.