Jammu: A junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the Army and an Agniveer died in separate incidents in Poonch district, officials said on Saturday.
JCO Sajeesh K, a resident of Kerala, was leading a search party in the Seri Mastan area of Behramgalla on Friday evening when he lost balance while negotiating a steep slope and fell into a deep gorge, the officials said
Army troops launched a rescue operation and recovered the body of the JCO, who died on the spot. The body was sent to his home town after completion of legal and medical formalities, they said.
In the second incident, an Agniveer died on the spot after he was hit by a bullet from his own service rifle during duty at a forward post in Mendhar sector of Poonch on Saturday, the officials said.
It is a matter of investigation whether his rifle went off accidentally or the deceased committed suicide, they said.
