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Blackmail leads to suicide of trooper posted in Jammu Kashmir, Case registered

By News Desk

January 08, 2025

A 27-year-old Army jawan, Krishna Kumar Yadav, took his own life in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on January 4, alleging prolonged harassment and blackmail by a woman and her accomplices.

According to his suicide note, Yadav was drugged and filmed in a compromising situation with a woman during a visit to Rajasthan’s Jeenmata two years ago.

The perpetrators allegedly blackmailed him with the video, extorting over Rs 15 lakh. Yadav’s military obligations prevented him from filing a police complaint, leaving him feeling trapped.

The police have registered a case against the accused.

The family has urged the police to ensure the perpetrators are punished. [KNT]