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Army officers and jawans thrash one another in Meerut, 3 injured

Meerut: An altercation during a boxing match led to a clash between officers and soldiers of an Army unit in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, leaving three personnel including the second-in-command injured.Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh



The 10 Sikh LI is based in Delhi and is in Meerut's Dobhotua village for practice, Army officials said.

In the last couple of years, the number of clashes between officers and jawans has gone up considerably.

On August 8, 2012, jawans agitated against the commanding officer and certain functionaries of the 16 cavalry unit in Samba, while on May 10-11, 2012, a case of manhandling involving officers and other ranks of the 226 artillery unit took place at the Mahe field firing range in Leh.

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