Moscow ? Russia’s defense minister on Friday fired the head of a military academy where a hazing incident resulted in a conscript having his legs and genitals amputated.

Maj. Gen. Viktor Sidorov also was charged with abuse of office for concealing the crime, the chief military prosecutor said.

Pvt. Andrei Sychev, 18, of the Chelyabinsk Tank Academy in the Ural Mountains region, was beaten and tortured on New Year’s Eve, causing severe injuries and a gangrenous infection, which led to the amputations.

Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov ordered an investigation into why Sidorov and other military officials failed to immediately report the case.

“The first questions we have are to our own officers and generals – why didn’t you report it to Moscow for 25 days?” Ivanov said on Channel One television.