Soldier who strayed into Pak during surgical strikes gets 3 months in jail

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Oct 26, 2017 : A soldier who crossed over to Pakistan during the surgical strikes last year and was handed over to India in January, has been found guilty by an army court which has recommended nearly three months imprisonment.

 

A source said that the army court sentenced Sepoy Chandu Babulal Chavan to nearly three months in prison but the quantum of punishment is yet to be approved by appropriate authorities.

Chavan was tried by a General Court Martial and he pleaded guilty, they said. Chavan can appeal against his sentence.

Chavan, posted with the 37 Rashtriya Rifles, had mistakenly crossed the boundary in Kashmir hours after India’s surgical strikes on terrorist bases across the LoC in September last year.

In January, he was handed over to India by Pakistan. Chavan is from Borvihir village in Dhule district of Maharashtra. His grandmother had died of shock following the news of his capture by Pakistani troops.

courtesy:DHNS