Soldier found dead near Line of Control

An army soldier was on Wednesday found dead in his unit camp near the LoC in Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence official said.

An army soldier was on Wednesday found dead in his unit camp near the LoC in Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence official said.

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"Mohammad Pathan Sharifkhan, of the 18th Cavalry, was found dead in his unit line in the general area Akhnoor, near the Line of Control," army spokesman colonel Manish Mehta said.

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Sharifkhan was a resident of Ahmedabad.

The army has ordered a court of inquiry in the case, added Mehta.