Srinagar
An army soldier died on late Thursday after he slipped and rolled down into a deep gorge in upper reaches of Boniyar sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
A police official told news agency GNS that the soldier namely Naik Parvez Ahmad of 5 Grenadiers was part of patrolling party late last evening when he slipped and rolled down into a gorge at Turna area of Boniyar along Line of Control (LoC).
In the incident, Parvez, a resident of Rajasthan sustained serious injuries and was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital in an unconscious state.
However, doctors present there declared him brought dead on arrival.
