IAF technician kills self in J&K
9 May 2008, 0253 hrs IST,TNN
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SRINAGAR: An Indian Air Force technician allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at the Awantipore airbase in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, about 45 km from Srinagar, on Thursday.

"The technician - Krishan Kumar - a radar fitter in Unit 3005 Squad, was found dead on Thursday morning inside his room, which was locked," police said. Krishan Kumar, 28, hails from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.

Suicides among Army and other paramilitary forces have shown an alarming increase over the past couple of years, prompting the authorities to take special classes to minimise stress - the major cause for the suicides. Kumar's death is the first such incident in recent times in the Valley.
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