Female Agniveer Trainee Ends Life at Navy Hostel in Mumbai

Mumbai: A 20-year-old woman undergoing training to be Agniveer committed suicide at Navy hostel in Mumbai. According to reports, this girl from Kerala was undergoing training at the INS Hamla in the Malwani area in the western suburb of Malad.

She allegedly ended her life by hanging herself in her hostel room at INS Hamla in Mumbai on Monday morning, <umbai police said on Tuesday.

No suicide note was recovered from her room. She had joined the Agniveer training facility in Mumbai 15 days back after completing her basic training.

Agniveer soldiers are recruited by the armed forces under the Agnipath scheme, introduced in 2022.