10-31-2006, 10:10 PM
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Khursheed Wani | Srinagar
Commanding Officer of a Rashtriya Rifles unit was killed by his subordinate at Dara in Harwan pocket in the outskirts of Srinagar on Tuesday. The jawan was taken into custody and handed over to police. A court of inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
Sources said that <b>SC Bahra of 28 RR was upset with his officer Lt Col Saket </b>Saxena over refusal of granting him leave. "The soldier fired several shots at the officer at 1.30 pm on Tuesday," sources said. He was immediately rushed to the Army base hospital but doctors declared him brought dead.
Sources said after opening fire at the officer, the soldier tried to kill himself but was overpowered by the other soldiers present on the scene.
This is the<b> fifth such incident in the past 10 days in Jammu and Kashmir resulting in death of nine soldiers.</b>
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Khursheed Wani | Srinagar
Commanding Officer of a Rashtriya Rifles unit was killed by his subordinate at Dara in Harwan pocket in the outskirts of Srinagar on Tuesday. The jawan was taken into custody and handed over to police. A court of inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
Sources said that <b>SC Bahra of 28 RR was upset with his officer Lt Col Saket </b>Saxena over refusal of granting him leave. "The soldier fired several shots at the officer at 1.30 pm on Tuesday," sources said. He was immediately rushed to the Army base hospital but doctors declared him brought dead.
Sources said after opening fire at the officer, the soldier tried to kill himself but was overpowered by the other soldiers present on the scene.
This is the<b> fifth such incident in the past 10 days in Jammu and Kashmir resulting in death of nine soldiers.</b>
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