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Sting Operation Goes Wrong, Leads To Army Jawan’s Death
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An army jawan reportedly committed suicide last week after a popular media portal aired 'sting' videos featuring him without his express permission. In the video the jawan is alleged to have spoken about the misuse of 'sahayak' system in the Indian Army.
Speaking to his family after the videos were published online, Lance Naik Roy Mathew, the jawan who committed suicide, is said to have expressed his anguish about the publication of the videos.
The official statement from the army too has attributed the suicide to the recording and publication of the 'sting' videos without permission from the jawan:
The publication of this sting operation has been criticised severly on the social media. A number of defence veterans and journalists have come out in condemnation of the 'expose'. Shiv Aroor, a popular defence affairs journalist and well known TV anchor, has made an intervention making the below points:
On the army's role and questions being raised on circumstances surrounding the jawan's death, he had this to say:
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