Havildar Krishen Singh shot himself with his INSAS rifle at army unit in Maheswar area in Samba district this morning and died, army officials said.
Police have registered a case and post-mortem has been conducted, they said.
Singh was from Rajasthan and had joined army in 1997.
Army has ordered a court of inquiry (CoI) into the suicide, they said.
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