India, Dec. 25 -- A junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian army has been killed in a 'mysterious' firing incident inside an army camp in the Samba district of Jammu division. The firing incident was reported late Tuesday night.
According to preliminary reports, gunshots were reportedly heard at Bari Brahmana camp, and a junior Commissioned Officer on duty was found critically injured. He was rushed to a nearby medical facility, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. The deceased JCO has been identified as Subedar Surjeet Singh, a resident of Reasi district.
In Jammu, the Defence PRO in a brief statement said, "A JCO of an Army unit in Samba sustained a gunshot wound while on duty in Jammu and, unfortunately, succumbed to his...