Four jawans were killed in a firing incident at Bathinda military station in Punjab on Wednesday morning, with the state police terming it as a “fratricidal incident”.
Punjab’s Additional Director General of Police, SPS Parmar told PTI over phone, “It is not a terrorist attack, it is not an attack from outside. It is a fratricidal incident”.
#WATCH | The gates of the Bathinda Military Station have been closed following a firing incident that has left four dead. Punjab police sources have said that there is no terror angle to the incident.
Visuals from outside the military station deferred by unspecified time. pic.twitter.com/b91Wc75WeX
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Earlier, the Army said quick reaction teams were activated following the firing incident at 4:35 am.
The families of jawans killed in the incident are being informed about the loss of lives: Indian Army sources told ANI
“A firing incident reported in the early hours of the morning around 04:35 hours inside Bathinda Military Station. Quick Reaction Teams were activated and the area was cordoned off and sealed,” the Army said in a statement.
It said search operations are in progress “Four fatal casualties reported. Further details being ascertained,” it said.
All the entry gates of the Army Cantt in Bathinda have been closed. About two days ago one Insas rifle with 28 cartridges had gone missing. Some army personnel may be behind this incident: Punjab Police sources told ANI
