According to information obtained by Hindustan Times, the extremely unusual incident took place in the Thanamandi district of Rajouri. It involved a unit of the Indian Army called the 48 Rashtriya Rifles.

According to the officials, who requested that their names not be used, there have been no reports of casualties and the Major has been captured.

Up until the time this report was filed on Thursday night, the details of the incident were hazy, and there was no official comment from the army in Delhi or Jammu. According to the officials, the police officer who was responsible for the terrible incident was dealing with some personal concerns at the time. The wounded service members were taken to the hospital as quickly as possible.

According to one of the officials who was referenced above, it is thought that the Major shot into the air before he began shooting at some of the troops who were part of the unit that specializes in counter-terrorism operations. After the shooting started, other officers, including the regimental medical officer, raced to the location, and according to a second official, the major attacked those officers with grenades as soon as they arrived.

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This year, the Jammu region has been the target of two significant terrorist strikes. In the month of May, a terrorist ambush in the Kandi forest region of Rajouri resulted in the deaths of five troops and the wounding of an officer. It is believed that the same cell of terrorists was responsible for the ambush of an army truck in the month of April that resulted in the deaths of five soldiers in Poonch.

Six months before to the incident in Thanamandi, four soldiers were murdered in a fratricide attack at an officers’ mess in the Bathinda military post in the Indian state of Punjab. The attack took place.

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Nand Singh was apprehended during an ongoing investigation into the espionage and narco-terrorism case that was filed in Patiala earlier this month. In this case, the police have already apprehended drug dealer Amrik Singh and Indian Army soldier Manpreet Sharma.

The Patiala SSP During a press conference on Tuesday, Varun Sharma stated that Nand Singh was arrested in Patiala and that four sophisticated pistols, including an automatic 9 mm pistol manufactured in Turkey, were recovered.

According to police sources, Nand Singh was a member of Amrik Singh’s covert cell. The SSP stated that Nand Singh was apprehended after a comprehensive interrogation of Amrik Singh, who was brought from the Patiala central jail on a production warrant and interrogated thoroughly.

Patiala CIA Director Shaminder Singh stated that Amrik Singh and Nand Singh met in the Patiala central jail in 2012, and that India’s most wanted terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda, who is presently in Pakistan, also made contact with Amrik Singh in 2014 and 2015. “Ever since both, Rinda and Amrit Singh, met in the Patiala central jail, they have been in touch with each other,” said Shaminder Singh.

2021, according to DSP Sukhamrit Singh Randhawa, Amrik Singh had contact with sepoy Manpreet due to his village kinship. During his tenure at Chandi Mandir in Panchkula, “Manpreet, who was recruited in 2016, provided Amrik Singh with sensitive intelligence documents four to five times,” the DSP explained.

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A drug dealer disclosed sensitive military data to Pakistan

The Patiala police attentively monitored the activities of the prison-inmate accused Amrik Singh. right. In the prison, mobile phones were also recovered from him. Amrik Singh was charged on September 1 of this year under Sections 3, 5, 7, and 9 of the Official Secrets Act-1923 and Sections 13, 16, and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for providing sensitive information about the Indian Army to Pakistani counterparts. Manpreet Sharma was the soldier who shared sensitive information with Amrik Singh.

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Lt. Col. PS Sidhu, a defence spokesperson based in Leh, stated, “The convoy was moving from Leh to Kiari when the truck went off-road.”

He added, “Nine soldiers, including a JCO, were killed and another was injured in the tragic incident.”

The spokesperson reported that the incident occurred at approximately 7:00 p.m.

The Leh SSP, PD Nitya, stated, “At 16:45 (6:45 pm), an army vehicle carrying 10 army personnel, including the driver, was involved in an accident 6 kilometres from Kiari.”

“The vehicle left the roadway and rolled into a steep ravine. “As soon as the reports reached the local police, a team of officers rushed to the scene and launched a rescue operation,” she added.

The SSP reported that all of the injured were moved to the army’s intelligence centre.

“Unfortunately, eight personnel were killed on-site. While being transported to the hospital in Leh, a soldier succumbed to his injuries, bringing the total number of fatalities to nine. “Another soldier is in critical condition,” she reported.

“An ALS (Ashok Leyland Stallion) vehicle travelling in a convoy from Leh to Nyoma veered into the valley between 5:45 and 6 p.m., seven kilometres short of Kiari. There were a total of 10 passengers in the vehicle; nine perished and one was injured. The injured personnel have been transported to the hospital, according to a statement issued by the Indian Army.

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Reportedly, 311 Medium Regiment (artillery) comprised the army crew aboard the ill-fated truck.

At least three officers, two JCOs, and thirty-four enlisted men were travelling in a Maruti Gipsy, a lorry, and an ambulance as part of a convoy of three vehicles.

Army has not yet released a list of deceased personnel.

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“Operation Bahadur Sector Poonch. During the night of 17 July 23 in the Poonch Sector, the #IndianArmy and @JammuKmrPolice successfully thwarted a major infiltration bid. Two infiltrators were neutralised. White Knight Corps of Nagrota tweeted on its Twitter account that search operations are in progress.

On 10 July, the Indian Army thwarted a significant infiltration attempt and killed a terrorist along the Line of Control in the Nowshera sector of the adjoining Rajouri district during a two-night operation during which they also recovered weapons and ammunition.

The encounter site yielded an AK-47, three AK magazines containing 175 rounds, a 9mm pistol, two magazines containing 15 rounds, four hand grenades, communication apparatus, and a large quantity of food and clothing for sustenance.

Since the annual Amarnath pilgrimage began on July 1, Pakistani intrusion attempts along the Indo-Pak borders in Jammu and Kashmir have increased, according to army officials.

Intelligence agencies have warned security forces of a potential attempt by terror groups based in Pakistan to target the pilgrimage and disrupt it.

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In Jammu and Kashmir’s Sonmargh district on Sunday, eight Central Reserve Armed Forces (CRPF) personnel on their way to the Amarnath pilgrimage were injured in an accident.

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While it is true that PLA deployment in East Ladakh is at the same level as in 2020, the same cannot be said for the eastern sector, where three combined armed brigades (approximately 4,500 men plus artillery and rockets in each CAB) were inducted by the PLA prior to the 20th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 2022. In order to transform Tibet and Sinkiang aka Xinjiang province into military fortresses, the PLA reserve personnel were transferred from the Southern and Eastern Theater Commands to the Western Theater Command facing India.

China observers initially believed that the additional reserve troops across Siliguri Corridor and Arunachal Pradesh would be withdrawn after President Xi Jinping was re-elected for a third term, but this assessment proved to be incorrect. The three CABs are currently stationed along India’s eastern border with China, and the current assessment is that the deployment is permanent.

The additional PLA deployments in the eastern sector, including the Tawang region, have also compelled the Indian Army to disband its eastern Army Command in preparation for the Chinese military threat, should the red flag be raised. The Indian Army has also fortified the entire sensitive Siliguri corridor with missile and rocket regiments to prevent the military from being caught off guard by sudden Chinese movement towards Jampheri Ridge across Torsa Nullah on the Doklam plateau or the Amu Chu valley in north Bengal.

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Even though the PLA has attempted to avoid disengaging from CNN junction and Depsang Bulge by claiming it is a legacy issue or occurred prior to the Chinese Army’s aggression in May 2020, the ground situation in both of these areas was altered by Chinese troop deployments in 2020. By deploying additional personnel in both Demchok and Depsang Bulge, the PLA has strengthened its positions on the ground and placed military obstacles in the way of Indian Army patrols in these two regions.

According to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, India-China relations will remain anomalous until Indian Army patrolling rights to CNN junction and Depsang Bulge are restored and the PLA de-escalate along the 3488-kilometer Line of Actual Control (LAC). The government of Narendra Modi has repeatedly and firmly conveyed this message to the Xi Jinping regime. The projectile is in Chinese territory.

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Punjab Police say that four jawans were questioned on Sunday in connection with the incident.

After the shooting at the Bathinda Military Station, the Punjab Police filed charges against two individuals.

Major Ashutosh Shukla, a witness to the shooting, provided the statement used to file the FIR.

According to the FIR, the names of the four deceased jawans are Sagar, Kamlesh, Santosh, and Yogesh.

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After their shift ended, they went back to their rooms to sleep when they were attacked by two masked guys in white kurta pyjamas armed with rifles and other weapons. The bloodied bodies of the four jawans were discovered in their respective bedrooms.

One of the weapons used in the crime has been recovered, the police said.

The incident resulted in the deaths of four soldiers from an artillery battalion.

The Army has released a statement saying that there were no additional casualties or property damage as a result of the event.

The Army has stated that an INSAS rifle and 28 rounds have been stolen for the past two days, and that it suspects a member of its own ranks is responsible.

After the incident, authorities sealed off the area and began investigating in conjunction with the Punjab Police.

Army Chief General Manoj Pandey reportedly briefed both Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh and himself on the incident.

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“The photographs were taken at a distance from the buffer zone established around Patrolling Point-14 (PP-14). Essentially, they portray the high morale of our troops stationed in extreme high-altitude regions with sub-zero temperatures along the actual control line “official statement
The photos, which were tweeted by the Leh-based 14 Corps, depict soldiers from the ‘Patiala’ Brigade of the 3 Infantry ‘Trishul’ Division playing cricket in a hostile environment where people frequently suffer from severe oxygen deprivation.

The release of the photographs also precedes the upcoming 18th round of corps commander-level talks between the two armies, which will commence shortly after the 17th round on December 20 ended without a breakthrough.

#Patiala Brigade #Trishul Division organised a cricket competition in extreme high altitude area in Sub zero temperatures with full enthusiasm and zeal. We make the Impossible Possible@adgpi @NorthernComd_IA pic.twitter.com/0RWPPxGaJq

— @firefurycorps_IA (@firefurycorps) March 3, 2023

China has thus far categorically rejected military withdrawals from the strategically important Depsang Plains and Demchok in eastern Ladakh, while increasing pressure along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. For the third consecutive harsh winter, both parties continue to forward deploy over 50,000 troops each.

On June 15, 2020, twenty Indian soldiers led by Colonel B Santosh Babu and equipped with nail-studded rods and other sharp weapons perished at PP-14 in Galwan Valley while fighting numerically superior Chinese troops armed with nail-studded rods and other sharp weapons. China has not disclosed the precise number of its casualties; however, it subsequently acknowledged losing a battalion commanding officer and three to four others.

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To counter Chinese propaganda, the Army released photographs of Indian personnel armed with the most recent SiG Sauer rifles flying the Tricolor at Galwan in January of last year.

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India commemorates Army Day every year on January 15 to honour General (later Field Marshal) K.M. Cariappa, the first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army.

On this day in 1949, Cariappa, who led Indian forces to victory in the 1947 war, succeeded General Sir FRR Bucher, the final British Commander-in-Chief, as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of Independent India. Army Day is observed annually to honour Cariappa and the armed services.

Service Chiefs paid their respects to the Indian Army at the Cariappa Parade ground in Delhi until last year. The Army Day Parade demonstrates the progression of the Indian Army’s numerous weapon systems. On this day, soldiers also get Gallantry awards and Sena medals.

Day of the Army 2023

This year, the 75th Army Day will be hosted in Bengaluru, as part of a move to relocate significant events outside of the national capital region.

The purpose of this action is to improve the visibility of these events and encourage greater participation from the local populace.

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The Army Day parade will begin with the Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, placing a wreath at the Madras Engineer Centre War Memorial. The general will then inspect the Army Day parade. COAS unit accolades will also be granted to units whose performance is remarkable.

This year’s Army parade will feature as many as eight marching contingents, including a horse-mounted contingent from the Army Service Corps and a military band comprised of regimental brass bands. Army aviation Dhruv and Rudra helicopters will do a flyby in support of the Army Day parade.

As part of the Army’s outreach initiative to forge stronger ties with civilians, over one thousand people participated in a run on Necklace Road in Hyderabad. A blood donation camp was also organised in which 7,500 units of blood were donated at military hospitals in both Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

The Indian Army’s event theme in 2022 was “In Strike with the Future.” It was viewed as an acknowledgment of the “growing importance of niche and disruptive technology in modern combat.”

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