One Agniveer Suicide: An Agniveer allegedly committed suicide in the Air Force Technical Area of Shahganj Police Station in Agra. Police gave this information on Friday. Police have identified the deceased as Shrikant Choudhary (22) who was a resident of Narayanpur village in Ballia district.
The doctor declared him dead in Agniveer Hospital
Assistant Police Commissioner Mayank Tiwari said that he shot himself with his service rifle at around 1.30 am on Tuesday night. Information was received from the Air Force Center and with the help of airmen, the police took the injured Agniveer to the hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Funeral performed with military honors
According to the police, the post-mortem of the body was conducted on Wednesday but it is still not known why Srikant took this extreme step. On Thursday, Srikant was cremated with military honours in his village.
Congress’s reaction on Agniveer’s suicide
Congress has posted on Twitter that ‘Agniveer Srikant Chaudhary committed suicide by shooting himself in the Air Force campus in Agra. This is very sad. Even before this, there have been reports of suicides of soldiers associated with the Agniveer scheme. In October last year, Agniveer Amritpal Singh committed suicide while on duty in Jammu and Kashmir. A month later in November, Aparna Nair, who was undergoing training as an Agniveer, committed suicide. These cases of soldiers associated with the Agniveer scheme are serious. Under what pressure are these soldiers working? Why are they being forced to commit suicide? This should be investigated.’