Srinagar, 10 January (H.S.): An Army jawan died after slipping from a height during patrolling in Baramulla district, officials said today.

Subedar Hira Lal, a resident of Akbarpur area of Haryana, slipped during night patrolling at Fatahgarh Sheeri area of the north Kashmir district, the officials said.

The jawan was rushed to Government Medical College Baramulla in an unconscious state, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar