On April 12, 2023, the propagandist and Khalistan sympathizer, Twitter account Saffron Diaries, claimed that a Sikh soldier killed four Hindu soldiers belonging to the 18th horse Regiment at the Bathinda Military Cantonment.
Another Khalistan supporter, Khalsa, sharing the news wrote, “According to the sources in the south western command of India Army, a Sikh soldier has possibly assassinated four Hindu soldiers of 18 Horse ex 33 Armored Division in Bathinda Military Cantonment.” Further, they wrote, “An Army level inquiry has been initiated against Sikh soldiers.”
Further, the Khalsa, also shared the alleged leaked documents from Indian Army which has the names of the four soldiers who got killed.
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Fact Check
We started our research with a keyword search “Four soldiers killed in Indian Army” and came across a report by a few media reports. According to The Indian Express newspaper, an unidentified person killed the four Army personnel while they were sleeping around 4.30 a.m. on the Wednesday morning at the Bathinda Cantonment.
Besides, Gunner Sagar Banne, Gunner Kamalesh R, Gunner Yogeshkumar J and Gunner Santosh M Nagral were identified as the four army personnel who were killed by the unidentified persons. Moreover, there is no official word on who carried out the attack.
Furthermore, we found Bathinda Police has filed an FIR against two unidentified persons. They were alleged to be wearing kurta-pyjamas and had their faces covered when they fired and murdered four Army jawans. Moreover, the FIR has been filed on the basis of a complaint made by Major Ashutosh Shukla.
Apart from that, our team checked if the Indian Army has the 18th Armoured Horse Regiment. But found the 18th horse regiment, according to information on the Indian Army website, does not exist in Indian army. Hence, the claim that four army jawans of the 18th horse regiment were killed in Bathinda is fake.
Since, the 18th horse regiment does not exist in the Indian Army, we googled with the keyword search “18th horse Army regiment is in which country” and across the website of Pakistani Military fandom. As per the information available there, the 18th Horse Regiment is in Pakistan’s Army.
Hence, the claim that a Sikh soldier killed four Army jawans of the 18th horse regiment at the Bathinda Cantonment is fake. The four jawans at the Bathinda Cantonment were indeed killed, but the attackers remain unknown. On Twitter, Khalistan supporters are propagating this fake news in order to create a rift and communal conflict between the two communities.
| Claim | A Sikh soldier killed four Army jawans of the 18th horse regiment at the Bathinda Cantt |
| Claimed by | Saffron diaries and Khalsa |
| Fact Check | Fake |
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