Punjab Police officers investigating the homicide of 4 Indian Army jawans withinside the high-safety Bathinda army station on Wednesday have raised suspicion approximately the declare of an eyewitness soldier after the post-mortem did now no longer recommend any harm mark of a sharp-edged weapon. Investigators reiterated that the killing changed into now no longer related to any terrorist pastime however a case of fratricide.
According to a primary statistics record (FIR) primarily based totally at the criticism of Major Ashutosh Shukla from eighty Medium Regiment, a gunner on obligation, Demai Mohan, claimed to have noticed masked guys in kurta pyjama after the murders. Mohan knowledgeable Major Shukla after he heard gunshots from the barracks of the jawans close to the officers` mess.
Mohan, the simplest witness, advised his senior officer that one of the unknown assailants changed into wearing an INSAS rifle, whilst the alternative had an awl. After killing the 4 younger squaddies of their sleep, the 2 assailants disappeared right into a wooded area withinside the military compound, he claimed. More than 30 hours after the murders, the military government and police are but to make any arrest.
Additional director preferred of police (ADGP), Bathinda range, SPS Parmar stated on Thursday that the Mohan`s announcement increases doubts because the our bodies did now no longer endure any harm because of an awl. “Post-mortem examinations of the 4 squaddies changed into carried out on the Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh Civil Hospital in Bathinda city. The post-mortem indicates a couple of gunshot accidents however no seen mark of an awl or another sharp-edged weapon. The jawan is being wondered because it does now no longer cross properly why one of the assailants changed into wearing an awl whilst it changed into now no longer used to assault the squaddies. Moreover, no different man or woman on obligation noticed the motion of the guys in civvies withinside the secured campus,” the ADGP stated.
The police stated that the homicide of the 4 squaddies is being visible as a focused killing aleven though the purpose is but to be established. “There isn’t anyt any proof of involvement of any terror organisation. The secured sector did now no longer record any safety breach or strive of intrusion. There isn’t anyt any doubt that the killings have been an incident of fratricide as a fear movement ought to have visible indiscriminate firing and collateral damage, while right here simplest 4 squaddies have been focused,” Parmar stated.
He stated the stolen INSAS rifle and mag have been discovered deserted now no longer some distance from the crime spot. Several military employees are being wondered through the police team, led through SP, investigation, Ajay Gandhi for leads.
