NEW DELHI: A 33-year-old soldier who was part of a recent expose by a website on the abuse of the British-era "sahayak" or orderly system in the army was found hanging in abandoned barracks on Thursday.
Roy Mathew was missing from the artillery centre in the cantonment in Deolali in Maharashtra since last Saturday, after the video of the sting went viral, reports said.
His body was found in a decomposed state.
The Defence Ministry called the death a suicide and said initial investigations revealed it may be a result of the series of events which were triggered by media personnel managing to videograph the deceased by asking leading questions on his duties as a buddy without his knowledge.(Inputs from Agencies)
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