Scuffle breaks out at army camp in Ladakh

In a freak incident, a scuffle broke out between the men and the officers in an Artillery Unit in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir on May 10 evening.

Terming the incident as break down of discipline within the unit the sources in the Army informed that ‘there has been an incident of indiscipline in which a scuffle occurred between Jawans and Officers of a Unit camp in Eastern Ladakh on May 10, 2012.

The sources close to TSI informed that unit was undergoing a practice camp for more than a month and the c amp was to end on May 15. The Field Artillery unit which is based at Durbok area was practicing its procedures and drills connected to surveillance, observation and laying of the guns as per the annual programme. The unit was to get de-inducted from its high-altitude tenure very soon.

A senior officer who served in the same area said on the condition of anonymity that, “It has to be something serious otherwise there is no reason that such serious break down of command and control can happen. The trigger needs to be found before any conclusion can be drawn.” Minor injuries have occurred and two soldiers have been sent for treatment. There was no casualty reported.

Army officers told that the Chief of the army Staff, General VK Singh apprised Defence Minister of the incident personally in the morning. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered which will get completed in 48 hours.

The location of incident is 70-80 kilometers from the Line of Actual control with China and is around 200 kilometers Southeast from Leh.