Rifleman Sukhpreet Singh falls to death at Rajouri post J&K

India Jul 23, 2026

Rifleman Sukhpreet Singh, 27, of Punjab, lost his life on Wednesday after a fall at the Mahadev forward post in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir.

The accident happened near the Line of Control when Singh slipped and fell from a height.

Local police are looking into what happened.

Sukhpreet Singh's body sent for postmortem

Singh's body was sent for a postmortem and will be brought back to Punjab for his final rites.

This is not the first such tragedy in Rajouri; just last month, another soldier lost his life during an anti-terror operation in the same district.