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NEW DELHI: More than 500 cases of suicide and fratricide have been reported in Indian armed forces during the last three years, KT News Service quoted Indian Defence Minister AK Antony as saying on Monday.
Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Antony said steps had been taken to check the rise in such incidents. He said 495 personnel had committed suicide and 25 had been killed by their colleagues since 2006. The Indian Army was the worst sufferer, reporting 412 suicides, followed by the air force (76) and the navy (7). Forty-one army officials have committed suicide in the last six months, he said.
The defence minister said a proactive approach through better man-management techniques was being adopted at different levels to check this trend. "Measures such as identifying high-risk categories, increasing inter-personnel relationship and communication among officers, arranging lectures and workshops on stress management, counselling by professionals, establishing a helpline and redressing officials' grievances have been taken to prevent such incidents," he added.
NEW DELHI: More than 500 cases of suicide and fratricide have been reported in Indian armed forces during the last three years, KT News Service quoted Indian Defence Minister AK Antony as saying on Monday.
Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Antony said steps had been taken to check the rise in such incidents. He said 495 personnel had committed suicide and 25 had been killed by their colleagues since 2006. The Indian Army was the worst sufferer, reporting 412 suicides, followed by the air force (76) and the navy (7). Forty-one army officials have committed suicide in the last six months, he said.
The defence minister said a proactive approach through better man-management techniques was being adopted at different levels to check this trend. "Measures such as identifying high-risk categories, increasing inter-personnel relationship and communication among officers, arranging lectures and workshops on stress management, counselling by professionals, establishing a helpline and redressing officials' grievances have been taken to prevent such incidents," he added.
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