Violent clash between officers and soldiers of an Indian Army's artillery regiment at Nyoma in eastern Ladakh was reported on Saturday. The brawl on Thursday evening had led to Major A K Sharma and sepoy Suman Ghosh, among others, being hospitalized with fractures, bruises and other injuries. The startling free-for-all in the highly disciplined environs of the Army has sent shock waves down the ranks, with the episode being viewed as "a complete failure of command and control" in the unit. Earlier, an extensive study conducted into the high suicide rate in the 1.13-million-strong Army by the Defence Institute of Psychological Research had held that "perceived humiliation and harassment" at the hands of their superiors often served as the final "trigger" for Indian Army Soldiers to take their own lives.
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