KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
The Indian Army has shifted the Brigade commander of the 12 Brigade stationed at Uri in Northern Kashmir.
The orders were issued on Friday night and a Brigadier already posted in Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir has been moved to Uri, located along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan.
The 12 Brigade was attacked during the wee hours on September 18, 2016 in which at least nineteen Indian Army soldiers were killed and four suspected militants also died.
The Tribune reported that the orders in this regard were issued pending an inquiry into the occurrence of September 18 when suspected militants attacked the military camp.
“The Brigadier could not have continued at his position and hence it should be seen in that context. The shifting does not indict him as such,” the report, however, added.
Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on September 21 had admitted to the lapses.
