# Ex-Army jawan found dead in Bihar’s Rohtas, poison tablets seized 2026-08-17T00:01:17+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The body of a former Army soldier who had taken voluntary retirement was found on a roadside in Motha village under Bihar's Rohtas district. Sulphas tablets believed to be poison were recovered near the body, police said on Sunday. Bikramganj DSP Sindhu Shekhar Singh said that preliminary inquiries suggest the deceased may have been under stress or frustration, but the exact cause of death has not been established. A forensic science laboratory team collected evidence from the scene. The body has been sent to Sasaram Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. Police are also checking missing person complaints from nearby stations. Investigators are awaiting forensic and post-mortem reports to determine the circumstances of the death. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bihar Police, Indian Army, Rohtas, Sindhu Shekhar Singh Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ex-army-jawan-found-dead-in-bihars-rohtas-poison-tablets-seized/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ex-army-jawan-found-dead-in-bihars-rohtas-poison-tablets-seized/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/