New Delhi: In yet another face-off between Army officers and soldiers, ten men refused to carry out alleged 'menial jobs' ordered by their superiors in Patiala in Punjab and returned to their regimental centre in protest.
The incident occurred last week when soldiers of the 56 Armoured Regiment returned to Armoured Regimental Centre in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra protesting against alleged 'menial jobs' assigned to them by the officers of the unit.
Taking a serious view of the incident, the Army is now planning to take strict disciplinary action in the case and a Court of Inquiry (CoI) has been ordered, Army sources said here.
Fearing strict action, the ten soldiers are reportedly "apologetic" about their conduct.
The soldiers, who are clerks, refused to carry out their military duty of cleaning rifles and weapons and when the commanding officer (CO) asked them to perform Battlefield Physical Efficiency Tests (BPET) as form of a punishment, they protested and left for their regimental centre, they said.
The last such incident took place in Samba in Jammu and Kashmir at the 16 Cavalry Unit where jawans and officers were engaged in a stand-off after the suicide of a jawan.
Another incident took place at 45 Cavalry Unit in Gurdaspur in Punjab where officers and jawans clashed with each other after a training session.
The incident occurred last week when soldiers of the 56 Armoured Regiment returned to Armoured Regimental Centre in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra protesting against alleged 'menial jobs' assigned to them by the officers of the unit.
Taking a serious view of the incident, the Army is now planning to take strict disciplinary action in the case and a Court of Inquiry (CoI) has been ordered, Army sources said here.
Fearing strict action, the ten soldiers are reportedly "apologetic" about their conduct.
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The soldiers, who are clerks, refused to carry out their military duty of cleaning rifles and weapons and when the commanding officer (CO) asked them to perform Battlefield Physical Efficiency Tests (BPET) as form of a punishment, they protested and left for their regimental centre, they said.
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The last such incident took place in Samba in Jammu and Kashmir at the 16 Cavalry Unit where jawans and officers were engaged in a stand-off after the suicide of a jawan.
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Another incident took place at 45 Cavalry Unit in Gurdaspur in Punjab where officers and jawans clashed with each other after a training session.
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