VISAKHAPATNAM: A 21-year-old Naval Sailor Vikash Yadav is believed to have committed suicide by
shooting himself with his service weapon while he was on sentry duty at INS Rana at Eastern Naval Command (ENC) at Vizag city in the early hours on Thursday.
Other sailors on the ship heard a gun shot and rushed to find Vikash lying in a pool of blood. He was immediately rushed to INHS Kalyani where the doctors declared him brought dead.
Sources said that the unmarried naval sailor, a native of Bhind in Madhya Pradesh, was working in the electrical mechanical power class-1 of the ship.
The Malkapuram police have registered a case and investigation is on to ascertain the reasons behind his taking the extreme step.