Army soldier dies of cardiac arrest in Tanghdar

Srinagar: An army soldier died due to cardiac arrest in Tanghdar sector along the Line of Control (LoC) of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday morning.

“Sepoy Nam Singh (36) of 20 JAT fell unconscious due to heart stroke,” a police officer told GNS.

Singh was immediately shifted to a nearby medical room by his colleagues where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival.

“The incident occurred when the soldier was on duty at Anil Post near the LoC”.

The police officer said that the soldier apparently died due to the heart attack.

“Proceedings under section of 174 CrPC has been initiated by Police in this regard”, the officer said. (GNS)