Soldier dies of gunshot wound in Bathinda, no link to military station firing

In an incident of unintended firing having no reference to Wednesday`s Bathinda navy station killings, a soldier died of a gunshot wound on Wednesday night at round four.30pm. The Army stated there has been no reference to the incident that came about at four.30am at Bathinda Military Station wherein four have been killed. The soldier, withinside the 2d incident, turned into despatched on sentry obligation together along with his carrier weapon. The weapon and cartridge case from the identical weapon turned into determined subsequent to him. The wound turned into close to his proper temporal region. The incident appears to be of tried suicide, the Army stated in a assertion. On April 11, the soldier again from leave.

The incident came about approximately 12 hours after the Bathinda Military Station firing wherein 4 jawans have been killed.

Bathinda Cantt Station House Officer (SHP) Gurdeep Singh stated they acquired facts concerning the loss of life of the soldier on Wednesday night. “We have been knowledgeable with the aid of using the Army and a case has been registered. Prima facie it seems to be an unintended firing case,” stated the SHO. The deceased turned into diagnosed as Laghu Raj Shankar, stated police

The research is on into the sooner navy station firing as Punjab Police registered an FIR towards unknown men and women on the idea of the assertion of Major Ashutosh Shukla, a witness withinside the incident. The 4 jawans have been asleep of their rooms after their obligation whilst masked guys in white kurta pyjamas attacked them with rifles and sharp-edged weapons. The INSAS rifle with cartridges has been determined.