A leading Indian military think tank has disclosed that every year, the Indian Army loses its personnel to suicides, fratricides and untoward incidents.

According to United Services Institution Think Tank and in the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in the stress levels of the troops.

It said more than half of the Army seems to be under severe stress due to operational and non-operational reasons.

It is worth mentioning here that 486 Indian troops and police personnel have committed suicide in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir since January 2007.

Experts have pointed out that the guilt of killing, arresting, torturing and committing other atrocities on innocent Kashmiris without any reason also leaves deep impacts on the psychology of the Indian forces’ personnel.