New Delhi: The Indian army man, who during the ‘surgical strikes’, had crossed over to Pakistan has been found guilty by an Army court.
The court has recommended three month-imprisonment for Sepoy Babulal Chavan. Pakistan had handed over the army man to India.
Official sources said that the Army court sentenced 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 has pleaded guilty, they said. Chavan can appeal against his sentence.
He was posted with 37 Rashtriya Rifles and had mistakenly crossed the boundary in Kashmir hours after India’s surgical strikes across the LoC in September last year.
In January, he was handed over to India by Pakistan.
Chavan belongs to Borvihir village in Dhule district of Maharashtra. His grandmother had died of shock following the news of his capture by Pakistani troops.
