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Srinagar: Another Indian soldier committed suicide by shooting himself dead in Srinagar on Sunday morning, according to Kashmir Media Service (KMS).

The soldier was the second Indian official who committed suicide in less than twenty-four hours in Occupied Kashmir.

The soldier was identified as Ramphul Meena and he was associated with Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

A police officer said that the soldier Meena shot himself with his service rifle inside his camp at Sericulture Office in Solina area of Srinagar while he was on duty.

“He was immediately taken to SMHS hospital where doctors declared him brought dead,” the officer said.

This incident raised the number of such deaths amongst the Indian troops and police personnel to 425 in occupied Kashmir since January 2007 till date, the KMS reported.

On Saturday morning, an ITBP officer identified as Sub Inspector Chander Mani G Coy also ended his life in a similar manner at Town Hall Kunzer in Tangmarg area of Baramulla district.