RAJOURI: On Thursday, an officer is accused of opening fire and detonating grenades inside a camp in the Rajouri area of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring at least five army troops, three of whom were officers. During a shooting practise session, the officer, who was reportedly a major, opened fire on his teammates without warning. He then took cover in the unit’s armoury and threw grenades at his superiors as they approached the building in an attempt to convince him to surrender, according to the sources. Before the officer was defeated inside the armoury, the tense scenario lasted over eight hours. The incident happened at the Neeli post in the district, close to Thanamandi.According to them, as a precaution, the army evacuated a town near to the armoury. The army, on the other hand, asserted that an officer was hurt at a position near Rajouri in what was most likely a grenade accident. “On October 5th, an officer was hurt at a position in the Rajouri area in what was most certainly a grenade accident. Officer was taken to the hospital and is now stable. Additional inquiry on the incident is ongoing, the army’s White Knight Corps announced on X. According to the sources, the accused officer began shooting on his coworkers and subordinates on Thursday without being provoked during a fire practise that had been going on at the camp for several days.Later, as the commanding officer, his deputy, and the medical officer got close to the building to try to convince him to surrender, the individual took cover inside the camp’s armoury and threw grenades, according to the sources. They said that all three of the policemen were hurt when a grenade thrown by the suspect exploded close to them. They also added that the second-in-command of the team was in “critical” condition. The sources claimed that the accused, who was defeated at around 11 p.m., opened fire indiscriminately and also injured two other soldiers. Lt Col Suneel Bartwal, a defence PRO headquartered in Jammu, commented on the event in a message: “I have received calls about some firing/terrorist attack on army camp in General Area Rajouri.I regret to inform you that there has been no terrorist attack; instead, there has been an unfortunate internal event in the camp.
