Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 15

An Army officer was injured by agitated jawans of his battalion following the death of their colleague in the sensitive north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh this morning. Admitting that a scuffle had taken place, the Army authorities here said it was not a “mutiny”. The incident occurred in an area located in the far-eastern corner of the state close to McMohan Line, the de facto boundary between India and China. “Six jawans of an infantry unit got agitated after one of their colleagues died during routine training. He had  complained of chest pain prior to a route march. He was examined by the unit’s medical officer and declared ‘fit’. However, the jawan collapsed during the march and was brought to a field ambulance, where he died,” the authorities said.As the Adjutant approached the jawans to console them, a scuffle ensued and the officer was injured, though not seriously. “The incident is being probed as is the practice in all cases of death during training,” the Army authorities added.