

The rare and unfortunately bizzare incident involves the army’s Rashtriya Rifles unit and took place in Thanamandi area near Rajouri near Line of control.
An army Major opened fire and lobbed grenades at his fellow soldiers at a forward base near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, resulting in injuries to a few of them. There are no reports of casualties and the Major has been apprehended.
Details of the incident are still being ascertained and there was no official word from the army either in Delhi or Jammu. The officer responsible for the unfortunate incident was dealing with some personal issues, the officials said. The injured soldiers were rushed to hospital.
The Major is believed to have fired in the air before he began shooting at some soldiers of the unit, which specialises in counter-terrorism operations, said one of the officials cited above. A few officers, including the regimental medical officer, rushed to the spot after the firing began, and they were targeted by the major with grenades.
The Thanamandi incident comes six months after four soldiers were killed in a fratricide attack at an officers’ mess in the Bathinda military station in Punjab.