KATHMANDU: The Nepal Army (NA) has initiated a probe over the incident of physical assault of a NA soldier deployed in a peacekeeping mission in Congo.

NA, regarding this incident as against the ethics and code of conduct of the institution, has formed a Court of Inquiry against all officials and staffs involved in the incident.

The Court of Inquiry is led by a senior Major deployed in Congo.

According to NA sources, the incident took place on Friday evening.

The senior officials in the Congo mission had assaulted soldier Nava Raj Majhi. It is reported that Indra Thapa, Subash Humagain and Yogendra Dhital were involved in the assault of the soldier.

The alleged claim that they had to take action against Majhi and others as the latter did not comply with their direction to maintain silence.

However, the junior officials and soldiers claim that the seniors had beaten them in a drunken frenzy.

The preliminary investigation of NA’s probe committee has found that both sides had violated the code of conduct of the institution.