Identified as Ajay Pandurang Patil, the deceased was a native of Nandyal village near Kolhapur. Patil was a Gunner from 204 Artillery Field Regiment.
In a press statement, the Army stated, “Gunner Patil of Artillery Branch was found dead by hanging at an Artillery establishment in Pune on Thursday. The incident was discovered in the morning. A court of inquiry has been ordered by the Army. The police have also been informed. The Army is investigating the case and will provide all necessary assistance to the police. The deceased is survived by his parents, a brother and a sister.”
According to the police, Patil’s body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room around 7 am. He
was rushed to the Army’s Command Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. The body was then taken to the State-run Sassoon General Hospital for post mortem.
Around 100 people were waiting outside the morgue and were accompanied by police officials and a few colleagues of Patil from the Army. A relative told Mirror, “It is a shock to all of us and we are yet to recover from it.”
Patil had recently completed three years in Indian Army and before his posting in Pune he had served at Bidar
district. “A person known for his happy-go-lucky attitude, Patil would have never attempted something this extreme,” he insisted.
Patil was quite popular among his colleagues. He was to be relocated to
Assam soon.
via Pune Mirror
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