4,000 soldiers killed in last 12 yrs: Antony
New Delhi, Nov 26: Nearly 4,000 soldiers have
been killed in India after the Kargil operations in 1999 while more than 390. Army troops have committed suicide in the last
three years, Lok Sabha was informed today. In another written reply in Lok Sabha, Defence
Minister A K Antony said more than 25,000 Junior Commissioned Officers and
soldiers have proceeded on pre-mature retirement in the last three years. "530 soldiers were martyred during Kargil
War under operation Vijay. 3,987 soldiers have been killed afterwards during
the years 2000-2012," he said. On suicides in the force, Antony said, "A
total of 394 Army personnel committed suicide between 2009 up to November 20,
this year." Recently, the suicide
by a soldier in an armoured unit in Samba in J-K had led to a face-off between
officers and soldiers after which a detailed court of inquiry was ordered. Antony said in last three years, 25,063 Army
personnel have opted for pre-mature retirement. "However, reasons for seeking premature
retirement cannot be attributed to stressful working environment," the
Minister said.
As per the figures provided by the Ministry,
7,499 personnel took premature retirement in 2009, 7,249 in 2010 and 10,315 in
2011. To a query on number of human rights violation
cases against Army personnel, Antony said a total of 169 complaints have been
received in the last three years of which 162 were found to be false. He said in 2009, 79 complaints were received
from areas including the northeast, Jammu and Kashmir and other states and all
of them were found to be false. Of the
90 complaints in the two subsequent years, 83 were found to be false and seven
complaints were pending, he said. "Five complaints of 2010 and one complaint
of 2011 are subjudice and one complaint is under process," he said. Majority of the complaints have been filed
from Jammu and Kashmir and northeastern states where the Army is deployed for
counter-terrorism operations.
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