Jammu, April 22 -- The body of a young man with a bullet injury was found inside a park near here on Tuesday, police said.

The 18-year-old was missing for the last couple of days, and it appears that he committed suicide, they said, adding that a pistol was recovered from the park in the Digiana area of Gandhi Nagar.

Suryavansh Choudhary, a resident of Rani Talab, had a bullet mark on the right side of his head. Preliminary investigation suggests he shot himself with a pistol belonging to his father, police said.

The motive is being ascertained, and police are also probing whether the weapon was licensed or not, they said.

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