Bathinda military station in Punjab where four soldiers were killed last week| Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi- An Army jawan has been arrested in connection with the killing of four soldiers at the Bathinda Military Station, a senior Punjab Police official said on Monday.
Bathinda Senior Superintendent of Police Gulneet Singh Khurana identified the arrested soldier as Desai Mohan, and said, “The motive was personal. He had enmity with them.”
Four soldiers were killed in their sleep in firing inside the military station in Bathinda on April 12.
“Motive is personal,” SSP said, “indicating harassment of physical nature”.
However the officer refrained from speaking about the nature of harassment.
Earlier, Chandigarh based The Tribune quoting a senior police official reported that the accused was allegedly sexually harassed and sodomised by them, so in revenge he killed them.
An FIR was lodged in this connection at the Bathinda Cantonment police station under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Arms Act against two unidentified persons.
The Bathinda military station is one of the largest Army bases in the country and comprises a significant number of operational units of the force.
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