<p>A 53-year-old Village Defence Guard (VDG) allegedly shot himself dead with his rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said on Sunday. </p><p>Babu Ram was at his residence in the remote Roun village of Dudu when he took the step on Saturday, the officials said.</p>.‘Love jihad’ case: Karnataka police arrests Srinagar resident.<p>A police party rushed to the spot and shifted his body to a hospital for postmortem, the officials said, adding police have started inquest proceedings to ascertain the motive behind his taking such an extreme step.</p>
<p>A 53-year-old Village Defence Guard (VDG) allegedly shot himself dead with his rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said on Sunday. </p><p>Babu Ram was at his residence in the remote Roun village of Dudu when he took the step on Saturday, the officials said.</p>.‘Love jihad’ case: Karnataka police arrests Srinagar resident.<p>A police party rushed to the spot and shifted his body to a hospital for postmortem, the officials said, adding police have started inquest proceedings to ascertain the motive behind his taking such an extreme step.</p>