Overview
- Police said the accused, identified as Sepoy Parul Sharma, was arrested after allegedly fleeing the unit and discarding his service weapon, with an FIR registered under Section 101 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- The fatal shooting occurred late Tuesday inside a military camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, where junior commissioned officer Subedar Surjeet Singh, 46, sustained a gunshot wound while on duty and later died.
- A defence spokesperson stated that the incident remains under investigation and that a terror link has been ruled out at this stage.
- The Indian Army’s Rising Star Corps publicly paid tribute and said it would support the bereaved family.
- Singh was cremated with full military honours in his native Sarla village in Reasi as thousands turned out, with senior Army, police and civil officers laying wreaths and a gun salute concluding the rites.