Naik Akhlesh Kumar of 51 Battalion died of gunshot wounds at the Army camp in Rambhel belt of the district last night, an Army official said today.
After hearing a gunshot, the 30-year old jawan's colleagues found him lying in a pool of blood with his service rifle lying close to him in the camp. He was shifted to hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
A court of inquiry has been ordered into the incidents, the Army official said, and also that police has also registered a case and started investigation into it.