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By Manjeet Sehgal: The Army jawan who killed four of his colleagues at Bathinda Military Station last Wednesday fired 19 bullets and misfired one, the police said. The accused allegedly stole the weapons and bullets from a colleague when he was sleeping, Bathinda’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gulneet Singh Khurana said on Monday.
The day the four jawans were killed in the early-morning firing incident, it also came to light that an INSAS rifle and some ammunition had gone missing from the military station a couple of days ago.
The accused, Gunner Desai Mohan, stole eight rounds of light machine gun (LMG) ammunition, an INSAS rifle and a magazine with 20 rounds from a colleague when he was sleeping, Khurana said.
“The rifle and 28 rounds went missing on April 9. The accused hid the weapon and bullets in the military area. He had a personal rivalry with the four jawans, he mercilessly killed,” Khurana said.
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Busting the theory that there were two attackers, Khurana said: “There is only one accused in the case. The two-masked-men theory was concocted by the jawan to mislead the police and the Army.” He confessed during interrogation, police said.
“Eight bullets were used to kill the first two jawans, while it took Mohan 11 to kill the other two, who were sleeping in a different room. He kept the misfired bullet shell in his pocket and left the 19 used shells in the rooms,” Khurana said.
Mohan later dumped the eight live light machine gun rounds and a shell of the misfired INSAS bullet in a sewage pit, the police said, adding that they have recovered the shell of the misfired bullet and six live LMG rounds, but two bullets are missing.
MORE DETAILS AFTER FORENSIC TEST
According to the preliminary investigation, the stolen rifle was used to kill the jawans and more details will emerge when the forensic report comes in.
Without divulging much detail, police said that the accused allegedly had a personal rivalry with the victims and that they were investigating the angle along with the Army.
However, sources told India Today that the accused was being harassed mentally by the jawans he killed.
THE BATHINDA MILITARY STATION ATTACK
Four Army jawans were killed in an early-morning firing incident at Bathinda military station in Punjab on April 12. According to the Army, the incident took place around 4:35 am, following which, the quick reaction teams were activated.
The four jawans who died were from the Indian Army’s 80 Medium Regiment, an artillery unit.
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