Two soldiers killed in alleged fratricide incident.

SHYAM SOOD
RAJOURI JANUARY 13:– In a shocking incident that took place along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district in the afternoon on Thursday, two soldiers received critical injuries and later succumbed.
The deceased reportedly have been identified as a sepoy Sarabjit Singh resident of Uttar Pardesh & sepoy Navraj Singh of Patiala district in Punjab state.
As per sources, both the soldiers were on duty at a forward location in the general area of Chitti Bakri under the jurisdiction of the Rajouri police station.
Sources added, the police after legal formalities have seized the official weapons (AK Rifles) of both the deceased for further investigation.
The bodies have been brought to the Army hospital in Rajouri. The autopsy on both the bodies will be conducted on Friday in Government Medical College & Associated Hospital (GMC&AH), Rajouri.
According to another report, both the soldiers were killed in the ‘fratricidal cross firing’ that took place between both the deceased after an altercation over some issue.
Whether it was a suspicious fire or a fratricidal incident, it will be clear only after further investigation by the police.
In the month of December last year, a JCO was killed by a soldier in an alleged fratricidal incident near LoC in Poonch district.