New Delhi, October 16, 2013-Yet another case of
indiscipline has hit the Army with a Colonel of the National Cadet Corps being
allegedly assaulted by jawans in Batala in Punjab following which a court of
inquiry (COI) has been ordered into the matter. This is the second such
incident in the last five days
after jawans beat up officers in Meerut in Uttar
Pradesh after an altercation during a boxing match there. Col B M Hansra, the commanding
officer of the 22 NCC (Army Wing) unit in Batala, was allegedly assaulted
yesterday by a Havildar after he was scolded by the unit officials for not
turning up for duty in time, sources said. The Havildar is from the Sikh Light
Infantry regiment and is on deputation to NCC. A COI, under a senior officer,
has been ordered to investigate the incident, they said.
On Thursday, two
Majors and one jawan belonging to the 10 Sikh Light Infantry unit were injured
after they clashed during a boxing match in Meerut. In the last couple of
years, the incidents of face-offs between officers and jawans have gone up. On
August 8, last year, jawans had agitated against the commanding officer and
certain functionaries of the 16 Cavalry unit in Samba in Jammu region, while on
May 10-11, 2012, a officers and other ranks of the 226 Artillery unit had
clashed at the Mahe field firing range in Leh.
On April 29, 2010, an altercation had taken place
between an officer and a jawan of the 45 Cavalry unit in Gurdaspur. The army
has already taken steps against its personnel in these cases and more than 200
officers and jawans faced disciplinary or administrative action last year. After
incidents of clashes between officers and jawans, Army commanders were told by
Army chief Gen Bikram Singh to have zero tolerance in such cases. The Defence
Ministry has underlined that exemplary punishment should be meted out to the
guilty to ensure "necessary preventive lessons" to the personnel.
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