Srinagar :A senior army officer was killed after his service rifle went off accidentally in an army camp at Khundroo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

Reports  said that that army’s Colonel JV Mahadik (Corps of Artillery) of army’s 21 Field Ammunition Depot (FAD) headquarters’ at Khundroo received serious bullet wounds after his gun went off as the officer crossed a speed breaker in his vehicle inside the camp.

He was immediately rushed to MI room (having medical facility) where doctors declared him dead, reports said.