Three military officers injured as colleague opens fireplace, explodes grenades inside camp in J-K’s Rajouri 

By PTI

RAJOURI: At least 5 military personnel, together with three officers, have been injured when an officer allegedly opened fireplace and exploded grenades inside a camp in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, official sources mentioned.

The officer mentioned to be of the rank of main, opened fireplace on his colleagues with out provocation throughout a capturing follow session after which took shelter within the armoury of the unit and lobbed grenades at his superiors who moved close to the constructing in an effort to steer him to give up, the sources mentioned.

The tense state of affairs lasted practically eight hours earlier than the officer was overpowered contained in the armoury.

The incident occurred on the Neeli submit close to Thanamandi within the district.

The military evacuated a village within the shut neighborhood of the armoury as a precautionary measure, they mentioned.

The military, nevertheless, claimed that an officer was injured in a probable grenade accident at a submit in Rajouri.

“On 05 Oct 23 one officer was injured in a likely grenade accident at a post in Rajouri sector. The officer was evacuated and stable post-initial treatment. Further investigation of the incident in progress,” the White Knight Corps of the military posted on X.

Sources mentioned there was a firing follow happening on the camp for the previous a number of days and the accused officer began firing on his colleagues and subordinates with none provocation on Thursday.

Later, he took shelter contained in the armoury of the camp and hurled grenades when the commanding officer, alongside along with his deputy and medical officer, moved close to the constructing in an effort to steer him to give up, the sources mentioned.

All three officers have been injured when a grenade, hurled by the accused, exploded close to them, they mentioned, including the situation of the second-in-command of the unit was acknowledged to be “critical”.

Two different troopers have been additionally injured within the indiscriminate firing by the accused who was overpowered round 11 pm, the sources mentioned.

On the incident, Jammu-based defence PRO Lt Col Suneel Bartwal mentioned in a message, “I have received calls about some firing/terrorist attack on an army camp in General Area Rajouri. I would like to inform you that no terrorist attack has occurred, it is an unfortunate internal incident of the camp.”

RAJOURI: At least 5 military personnel, together with three officers, have been injured when an officer allegedly opened fireplace and exploded grenades inside a camp in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, official sources mentioned.

The officer mentioned to be of the rank of main, opened fireplace on his colleagues with out provocation throughout a capturing follow session after which took shelter within the armoury of the unit and lobbed grenades at his superiors who moved close to the constructing in an effort to steer him to give up, the sources mentioned.

The tense state of affairs lasted practically eight hours earlier than the officer was overpowered contained in the armoury.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The incident occurred on the Neeli submit close to Thanamandi within the district.

The military evacuated a village within the shut neighborhood of the armoury as a precautionary measure, they mentioned.

The military, nevertheless, claimed that an officer was injured in a probable grenade accident at a submit in Rajouri.

“On 05 Oct 23 one officer was injured in a likely grenade accident at a post in Rajouri sector. The officer was evacuated and stable post-initial treatment. Further investigation of the incident in progress,” the White Knight Corps of the military posted on X.

Sources mentioned there was a firing follow happening on the camp for the previous a number of days and the accused officer began firing on his colleagues and subordinates with none provocation on Thursday.

Later, he took shelter contained in the armoury of the camp and hurled grenades when the commanding officer, alongside along with his deputy and medical officer, moved close to the constructing in an effort to steer him to give up, the sources mentioned.

All three officers have been injured when a grenade, hurled by the accused, exploded close to them, they mentioned, including the situation of the second-in-command of the unit was acknowledged to be “critical”.

Two different troopers have been additionally injured within the indiscriminate firing by the accused who was overpowered round 11 pm, the sources mentioned.

On the incident, Jammu-based defence PRO Lt Col Suneel Bartwal mentioned in a message, “I have received calls about some firing/terrorist attack on an army camp in General Area Rajouri. I would like to inform you that no terrorist attack has occurred, it is an unfortunate internal incident of the camp.”