SRINAGAR: Suicide attempts are on rise in Indian army, Navy, Air Force, and para-military forces in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and other parts of India, western media reported.
According to a report published in the western media, the ratio reaches to 16.5% for every 100,000 troops in Occupied Kashmir and other parts of Indian where Indian armed forces are deployed to crush the popular voice of Kashmir demanding their right of self-determination and freedom from New Delhi.
During last five years alone, more than 800 Indian military personnel ended their lives following being fed up with the behavior of senior officials. The trend of suicide in the Indian Army is increasing very quickly, as one suicide is being reported every third day.
As per details around 895 Indian Army personnel, 185 Indian Air Force personnel and 32 Indian Navy personnel committed suicide from 2010 to 2019. An average of over 100 suicides reports annually in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Since 2014, 983 suicide cases have also been reported in the Indian Army, 246 in the Indian Air Force and 96 in the Indian Navy. Since 2001, over 3,300 Indian troops have committed suicide in different incidents.
In the last five years alone, over 800 Indian armed forces personnel ended their lives following being fed up with the behavior of their superiors. On January 23, 2023, Col Khanna committed suicide by hanging himself with a fan. On January 9, 2023, Lt Col Nishant committed suicide following shooting his wife in Ferozepur. Not just male, but Indian Army’s women officers are also forced to commit suicides. In 2006, Lt. Sushmita Chakraborty took her own life just ten months after her recruitment.
She had alleged that her senior officers used to force her to accompany them to late night dance parties and make illicit demands. In October 2019, Lt Col Rashmi Mishra also committed suicide by hanging herself with a dupatta in Pune, while in December 2016, Major Anita Kumari ended her life by shooting herself in the head in Occupied Kashmir.
More than 47,000 personnel and officers have sought voluntary retirement and or resigned due to the discriminatory behavior of the senior officers of the Indian armed forces.
