Army jawan kills 2 JCOs after tiff

NEW DELHI/IMPHAL: In yet another case of 'fragging' in the Army, a jawan of the 12 Madras Regiment allegedly shot dead two of his JCOs (junior commissioned officers) after an altercation in Churachandpur district of Manipur on Monday.

Sepoy Ambati Narayan Reddy gunned down Subedars Mritujayan and N B Thanappan and fled with his service rifle from the Kheljang post, 67km from Imphal, on Monday.

As first reported by TOI, the 13-lakh armed forces grapple with, on an average, well over 120 cases of suicides and fragging (killing a superior or fellow soldier) every year.