Kupwara, Feb 19: A 44-year-old army soldier died due to cardiac arrest near Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Friday.

They said on the intervening night of February 18 and 19, Havildar Data Ram (44) of 03 Raj Riffles of army suffered major heart attack and died on the spot at LOC (SPG). His body has been shifted to 168 military hospital Drugmulla Kupwara for post-mortem, a police official told.

(GNS)