Soldier found dead near home in Kashmir

A soldier was found dead on Sunday under mysterious circumstances near his home in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said.

Sepoy Neeraj Kumar of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry had come home on leave and was to report back at his unit in Ferozepur in Punjab on June 30.

"His body was today found under mysterious circumstances near his home in Sunderbani area of Rajouri," a police officer said.

"An FIR has been registered and investigations are on to ascertain the cause of his death."

--IANS

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