Agra: An Indian Army paratrooper from Para One Brigade sustained head injuries and died after his parachute didn’t open when he was doing his regular skydiving exercises at Malpura dropping zone in Agra on Friday.
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“The body of Lance Naik Sunil Kumar was brought to military hospital in Agra for a postmortem on Friday. The primary reason assigned was falling from a height, leading to fatal head injury causing death,” said Ramesh Bhardwaj, incharge of Malpura police station in Agra.
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“After the autopsy, the body was handed over to the army staff. The deceased was from a village in Palwal district of Haryana,” Bhardwaj added. Kumar is survived by his wife and a son.