19-year-old navy sailor found dead with bullet injury, suspected case of suicide
The unmarried sailor, who was deployed on a guard duty for 12 am to 4 am shift on Tuesday, was found dead in a pool of blood by another officer.
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By Express News Service
KOCHI: A 19-year-old junior navy sailor was found dead after suffering bullet injury at the Naval Base in Kochi in the early hours of Tuesday. The navy and the police suspect it as a case of suicide.
The deceased is identified as Thushar Akri, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. The unmarried sailor was deployed on a guard duty for 12 am to 4 am shift on Tuesday. He was posted at C2 tower at Katari Bagh. "In between 2.30 am and 3.30 am another Navy officer visited the tower for changing the power battery and found the sailor in pool of blood after suffering a bullet injury. It is suspected to be a case of suicide as both the police and the navy are conducting a probe. A case of an unnatural death is registered," said a police official at Harbour Police Station.