A retired lieutenant general has been put on trial by a Delhi court for allegedly divulging sensitive information about the country's arms and ammunition system to an international arms dealing firm.Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja put Lieutenant General (retired) Nirmal Puri on trial along with M/s Concord International Pvt Ltd's official Vinod Khanna, whom the top army officer had allegedly supplied sensitive information to in 1984-87.
Two soldiers were also injured in the encounter.
The two armies had mutually decided not to resort to use firearms during face-offs in sync with provisions of two agreements on border management.
This is the fourth haul of arms and ammunition within a week.
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