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CHANDIGARH: Four people were killed in a firing incident at Bathinda military station in Punjab on Wednesday morning.
Confirming the incident in a statement the Southwestern command headquartered at Jaipur said, “The firing incident was reported in the early hours of the morning around 0435 hrs inside the Bathinda Military Station.”
The Indian Army’s 10 Corps is stationed at Bathinda and the Quick Reaction Teams were activated. The area was cordoned off and sealed. The search operations are in progress, the army stated.
Sources said that a high alert has been sounded and the police and other agencies have also been intimated about the incident.
A senior Punjab Police official said that it seems to be a case of fratricide and our officers are in touch with the military authorities. “It does not seem like a terror attack,” he added.
Sources suggest that the firing incident happened near the officer mess of an artillery unit of the Military Station as families are also living in the area.
As an INSAS rifle from the unit and some rounds of ammunition had gone missing from the unit premises two days ago. “An inquiry will be ordered in the matter to establish the facts of the case and fix responsibility,” an officer said.
CHANDIGARH: Four people were killed in a firing incident at Bathinda military station in Punjab on Wednesday morning.
Confirming the incident in a statement the Southwestern command headquartered at Jaipur said, “The firing incident was reported in the early hours of the morning around 0435 hrs inside the Bathinda Military Station.”
The Indian Army’s 10 Corps is stationed at Bathinda and the Quick Reaction Teams were activated. The area was cordoned off and sealed. The search operations are in progress, the army stated.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Sources said that a high alert has been sounded and the police and other agencies have also been intimated about the incident.
A senior Punjab Police official said that it seems to be a case of fratricide and our officers are in touch with the military authorities. “It does not seem like a terror attack,” he added.
Sources suggest that the firing incident happened near the officer mess of an artillery unit of the Military Station as families are also living in the area.
As an INSAS rifle from the unit and some rounds of ammunition had gone missing from the unit premises two days ago. “An inquiry will be ordered in the matter to establish the facts of the case and fix responsibility,” an officer said.
