Defence spokesman Lt Colonel Suneel Bartwal said that Havaldar Baldev Singh (Retd), a revered war hero, passed away Monday due to natural causes in his hometown of Naushera.
The peddler's house is just near the Line of Control (LoC) and he was involved in narco-terrorism, police said.
Major General Rajeev Puri, GOC Ace of Spades Division, along with large number of military and civil dignitaries and local populace of Naushera town laid wreath at the War Memorial.
Naib Subedar Ravinder was a brave, highly motivated and a sincere soldier. The nation will always remain indebted to him for his supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty, the spokesman added.
An Army jawan was killed when Pakistani troops opened unprovoked firing at Indian posts in the Naushera sector in Jammu…
Fourteen families in villages close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Naushera area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district…
