A soldier in the Army allegedly shot and killed two of his colleagues at Mirthal cantonment in Punjab’s Pathankot district on Monday, according to a police official.
The 22-year-old soldier reportedly opened fire on two senior soldiers from West Bengal and Maharashtra in the early hours of Monday, the police official stated.
The soldier, who has been in the Army for four years, fled the scene leaving behind his service weapon, but was later apprehended.
Officials are investigating the cause of the shooting.
In a complaint filed with the police, a senior Army official said they heard gunshots while they were sleeping.
He and his colleagues immediately informed their superiors about the incident, and the injured were taken to a hospital in Pathankot where they were later pronounced dead by doctors.
A large-scale search was launched by the police and Army personnel, and the suspect was apprehended a few kilometers away from the cantonment, the police official reported.
A case of murder under relevant sections of the IPC and the Arms Act has been registered, he added.
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