Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian army major committed suicide by shooting himself in Ramban district, officials said Sunday.

According to Kashmir KMS report, the Indian army’s Rashtriya Rifles Major, Parvinder Singh shot himself dead at his official residence in Mahubal area of the district. As per in charge of Khari Police Post, Major Parvinder Singh, currently company commander, Alpha Coy, Mahubal, shot himself dead with his service AK 47 rifle at his residential quarter at Mahubal post of Alpha Coy of 23 Rashtrya Rifles in the night of Saturday.

The incident raised the number of such deaths amongst Indian troops and police personnel in the occupied territory to 524 since January 2007 till date. He shot himself at his residential quarters at the post, police sources said. Investigators are yet to determine what prompted him to take the extreme step. The police have registered a case.