A jawan of the Indian Army posted along the line of Control in Nowshera sector of Rajouri late on Monday night went berserk and killed his fellow soldier in a fit of rage. The incident was reported late in the night when two jawans of the 33 Rashtriya Rifles posted in Kalal area of Nowshera sector in Rajouri had a tiff and it culminated in unfortunate ‘fragging’ incident.
According to official sources, “Sepoy Mukesh Kumar Tiwari hailing from Allahabad had a tiff with fellow soldier Ratinder Kumar from Buxar in Bihar.”
Instead of resolving the matter amicably both the soldiers lost their temper and in a fit of anger Ratinder Kumar opened fire with his service weapon killing Mukesh on the spot. On hearing sounds of gunshots in the vicinity, fellow soldiers rushed to the spot and overpowered angry Ratinder Kumar. Officiating Defence PRO SN Acharya said, “A Court of Inquiry has been ordered in the case.”
Meanwhile, J&K Police has arrested the accused. They also recovered his service weapon along with 23 live rounds and seven empty bullet rounds. A case under FIR number 115/2013 US 302 RPC has been registered in Nowshera police station.
Earlier on May 21, a SSB jawan had killed two of his fellow soldiers and injured two others inside Kishtwar police lines in the Jammu division.