Soldier Arrested By Cops Over Bathinda Army Station Taking pictures: Sources

New Delhi:

A soldier was immediately arrested from Punjab’s Bathinda Army Station in reference to the latest firing incident by which 4 military personnel had been killed of their sleep, Punjab Police sources mentioned. The accused, Military gunner Mohan Desai, confessed to the crime and mentioned he shot his colleagues over private disputes.

“After sustained interrogation, we discovered that one weapon was stolen and used to kill the jawans. Later, one particular person from the Artillery unit was detained and through interrogation, he confessed to his involvement in stealing an INSAS rifle and killing 4 of his colleagues to the Police. Preliminary investigations point out that this was resulting from private enmity,” Senior Superintendent Of Police Bathinda Gulneet Khurana mentioned immediately.

4 jawans had been on Sunday interrogated in reference to the firing, Punjab Police sources mentioned. Cops had registered a case towards two unknown individuals on the idea of the assertion of Main Ashutosh Shukla, a witness within the firing incident.

The FIR mentioned the 4 murdered jawans have been recognized as Sagar, Kamlesh, Santosh, and Yogesh. They belonged to an artillery unit of the military.

The sensational homicide on April 12 had raised questions on safety preparations within the state, particularly because it occurred amid speculations of retaliation to the large crackdown on separatist Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and his outfit ‘Waris Punjab Se’. Immediately’s arrest, nevertheless, signifies the tragic incident had nothing to do with the Khalistani chief.

The firing incident initially raised alarms as an INSAS assault rifle and 28 rounds of ammunition, suspected to be the weapon used within the incident, went lacking for 2 days. They had been later discovered by the Military, which suspected some personnel is likely to be behind this incident.

The FIR mentioned the firing was reported at 4:30 am, and a few unidentified masked males in kurta-pyjama had been seen. One of many males had an INSAS assault rifle, whereas one other carried an axe, it mentioned, including that they fled in the direction of a jungle close to the army station. The 4 jawans, of their mid-20s, had been present in a pool of blood of their rooms.

Sources mentioned Defence Minister Rajnath Singh additionally obtained a briefing on the incident from Military Chief Basic Manoj Pandey.