Praful Chander Nagpal

Fazilka, March 31

An Army jawan, Kulwant Singh (26), was found dead with a bullet wound in Balakot sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district today. He was a resident of Kharaswali Dhani, 3 km from here. He had married Daljinder Kaur on February 2 and rejoined duty on March 4.Kulwant’s elder brother Malkeet Singh said the Army authorities told him on the phone this morning that the jawan had sustained a bullet injury.Later, he was informed about Kulwant’s death. He said the authorities had not yet given details of the incident.The victim’s father, Gurdeep Singh, a labourer, said Kulwant had joined the Army in 2009. The body would be brought here tomorrow for cremation.

Soldier found dead along LoC

JAMMU/FAZILKA : A soldier was killed on Friday in a mysterious incident of firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district.

HT PHOTOFamily members of Sepoy Kulwant Singh mourning his death in his village in Fazilka district of Punjab on Friday.

Police sources said Sepoy Kulwant Singh, 26, a resident of Kharass Wali Dhani village in Fazilka district of Punjab, was found dead with a bullet wound in Chaprahali area Balakote sector in the morning. Singh was from the 49 Rashtriya Rifles.

“It is not known whether the soldier’s death was a suicide or due to firing from across the LoC,” an official said.

The deceased had married on February 2 this year and rejoined duty in the first week of March.

Meanwhile, Singh’s family says that on Thursday night some intruders from Pakistan ambushed his unit during which he sustained critical injuries, and died on Friday morning.

News of his death has engulfed the village in a pall of gloom. Singh’s body will reach his village on Saturday afternoon and will be cremated with full state honour, an official said.