Failed to connect to repository : Command "/home/git-2.1.3/bin/git -c core.askpass=true ls-remote -h ssh://***@hostname:29418/TESTPROJECT.git HEAD" returned status code 128:

stdout:
stderr: ***@hostname#29418's passwordConnection open failed; Disconnected by application (local): Error processing packet.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Note: We are able to access the SSH command and connect to git from linux.

Build Failure Log:

> /home/git-2.1.3/bin/git -c core.askpass=true fetch --tags --progress ssh://***@hostname:29418/TESTPROJECT.git refs/heads/develop
ERROR: Error fetching remote repo 'origin'
hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Failed to fetch from ssh://***@hostname:29418/TESTPROJECT.git
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.fetchFrom(GitSCM.java:766)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:1022)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1053)
at hudson.scm.SCM.checkout(SCM.java:485)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1269)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:607)
at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:86)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:529)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1738)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:410)
Caused by: hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "/home/git-2.1.3/bin/git -c core.askpass=true fetch --tags --progress ssh://***@hostname:29418/TESTPROJECT.git refs/heads/develop" returned status code 128:
stdout:
stderr: ***@hostname#29418's passwordConnection open failed; Disconnected by application (local): Error processing packet.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1719)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandWithCredentials(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1463)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.access$300(CliGitAPIImpl.java:63)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$1.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:314)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.fetchFrom(GitSCM.java:764)
... 11 more
ERROR: null
Finished: FAILURE