Kochi Oct 1 (IANS) A Navy official died on Sunday after he mysteriously sustained a bullet injury onboard a hydrograhic survey ship anchored in this Kerala coastal city that houses the Southern Naval Command police said.
According to naval authorities a gunshot was heard at 7.30 a.m. around the INS Jamuna. Minutes later Raksha Kumar Parmar a security official with the Indian Navy was found wounded.
He was rushed to a nearby naval hospital where he died around 9.40 a.m. the police said.
The naval and police authorities have begun a probe to find out if it was an accident or suicide.
--IANS
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