 In the most sensational case 1,400 mainly Jat Sikhs deserted after killing their commanding officer and armed themselves.A significant number of those were also new recruits who were incited easily into mutiny and some were forced at gun point to take part in the mutinies.Despite that, the Indian Army officers were correct when they expressed confidence to journalists that the Mazhabi Sikhs of the Sikh Light Infantry would not mutiny.