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Sixth case of fratricide this year Army takes serious view of distress death
NEW DELHI: In the sixth case of fratricide in the Army this year, a soldier posted in northern Kashmir ran amuck and killed his officer after taking four colleagues hostage. Mohan Chandra Munda shot dead Major P. Alexander after a two-hour drama that began at a post in Gurez on Monday evening. After locking his colleagues in a room and declaring that he had taken them hostage for an unspecified demand, the soldier of Bihar Regiment killed the officer when he attempted to pacify him. Maj. Alexander of Delhi is survived by his wife and two children aged 5 and 2. Officers said the Army took a “very serious view” of this 60th distress death this year — 54 instances of suicide and six cases fratricide. Last year the number of suicides in the Army touched a record 128. Army orders probe
PTI reports: The Army has ordered a court of inquiry into Monday’s incident. Most of the incidents of fratricide occurred in Rashtriya Rifle units engaged in counter-insurgency in the hinterland in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the first case of a soldier killing his officer right on the forward-most post on the border. Army courts have been handing stiff punishment in the fratricide cases, in which court-martial trials were completed. In one incident in the army camp located on the outskirts of Srinagar at Nishat, the court has pronounced death sentence. In two other cases, the courts have sentenced a sepoy and a non- Commissioned officer to life term. The trial is nearing completion in three others. According to figures tabled in Parliament, 64 cases of fratricidal killings have been reported in the Army over the past six years. A high level committee of experts which probed the causes submitted its report to the Defence Minister A.K. Antony recently. It has recommended better relations between officers and men in battle fatigues.
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