Army soldier kills colleague in Rajouri, surrenders

An army soldier was on Wednesday shot dead allegedly by his colleague who later surrendered at an army camp in Rajouri district here, police said.

Sepoy Drinder Kumar had some argument with his colleague Sepoy Mohmmad Mullah at Animal Transport Company (ATC) unit in Ghambir area here following which he opened fire with his INSAS rifle at Mullah and killed him, they said.

Kumar escaped from the spot but later surrendered, police said, adding a case has been registered against him.

The body has been handed over to army after postmortem, they said.