Thirty-two-year-old Major Ketan belonged to Meerut of Uttar Pradesh. His mortal remains were flown to his native town on Tuesday.
Major Ketan Sharma was martyred on Monday during an encounter in the Anantnag district. (Image: Facebook/@ProudArmyFans)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday paid tributes to Army Major Ketan Sharma who lost his life while fighting terrorists in Anantnag on Monday. Army Chief General Bipin Rawat also present on the occasion.
Major Ketan Sharma was martyred on Monday during an encounter in the Anantnag district. Thirty-two-year-old Major Ketan belonged to Meerut of Uttar Pradesh. His mortal remains were flown to his native town on Tuesday.
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Three Army soldiers and two terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed on Tuesday in two separate incidents in South Kashmir.
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A soldier and two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire that started between the security forces and terrorists in the Marhama village of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday morning.
Army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia informed that two soldiers, who were grievously injured in the IED attack on an Army Patrol Vehicle at Arihal in Pulwama on Monday evening, have succumbed to the injuries at Srinagar’s Military Hospital.
Terrorists had, in a strategy similar to the February attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama, had attacked the Army patrol at Arihal. The bulletproof truck of the Army was badly damaged with the driver’s cabin being wrecked. Nineteen soldiers and two civilians were injured in the attack.
Colonel Kalia confirmed the death of a soldier and the killing of two terrorists in the Bijbehara encounter that started on Tuesday morning. Reports said that on receiving specific inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area, a joint team of Army’s 3 RR, CRPF and SOG launched a search operation in the area.
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