Police said the soldier was on guard duty when he killed himself. (Representational)
A soldier shot himself dead in Jammu and Kashmir's winter capital Jammu, the police said on Wednesday.
Sepoy Sandeep Singh of Punjab, posted at a transit camp in Panama Chowk in Jammu city, shot himself with his service rifle on Tuesday evening.
He was on guard duty when he killed himself, a police officer said. "His colleagues rushed after hearing the gunshot and found him dead."