Four Indian Army jawans were shot dead early Wednesday morning while they were sleeping in their barracks at the Bathinda military station. The killers have not been identified so far even as several theories around the killing are being ascertained.
The shooting was carried out inside the barrack behind the officers’ mess of the Regiment around 4.30 am. The Bathinda military station spread over 55 sq km has multiple regiments, and each regiment has its own guard room, sentry post and is walled. Superintendent of Police (Investigation), Bathinda, Ajay Gandhi, heading the Punjab police probe team, said: “Two persons in civvies were believed to be behind this shooting.”
