This Article is From Jul 16, 2012

Navy sailor on sentry duty shoots self accidentally, dies

Visakhapatnam: A 22-year-old Navy sailor, on a sentry duty on board a warship near Visakhapatnam, died after shooting himself accidentally, official sources said.

"Rohit Kumar, Electrical Mechanic Radio II, sustained the injuries by probable accidental discharge of his weapon, in the early hours whilst on sentry duty on board a naval warship...and succumbed to the injuries later at the Naval Hospital," an official statement said.

A board of inquiry has been ordered to look into the cause of the accident, it added.

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