In an accidental firing, BSF trooper killed

Jammu: In an accidental firing, a border security force trooper was killed.

“A trooper of 78 battalion of the BSF identified as Raman Kumar belonging to Gurdaspur (Punjab) sustained a fatal bullet injury when his service rifle went off accidentally in Gadigarh area (Jammu district) on Sunday,” a senior police officer told IANS here on Monday.

“He was immediately shifted to the Government medical college where he succumbed despite best efforts of attending doctors to save his life,” he added