The two Indian Army soldiers, Captain Karamjit Singh Bakshi and Naik Mukesh Singh Manhas, who tragically lost their lives in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Laleali area of Akhnoor sector, Jammu district, on Tuesday, were due to get married in two months’ time.
A Captain of the Indian Army was among two soldiers killed on Tuesday in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast along the border fence on the India-Pakistan border in Akhnoor area of Jammu district.
Five Army soldiers were killed and four seriously injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged into a 300 ft deep gorge near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district on Tuesday evening.
The injured soldiers were evacuated to the military hospital but two of the critically injured succumbed to their wounds, reports said.
The gunfight broke out in the Modergam village of Kulgam in the morning when the security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area following intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists. Atleast two to three terrorists have been trapped in the area.
The soldier killed has been identified as Havildar Muntazir Shah, 36, a Swabi district resident, as per ARY News.
Sepoy Rajendra Singh hailed from village Badena in Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand, and had joined Army in 2016. He is survived by his parents.
Terrorists barged into the house of the soldier Mukhtar Ahmad Malik in the Shurat village and shot him dead at point blank.
Unidentified militants killed an Indian Army soldier in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said on Monday.
Womenfolk of Salina village wailed as the body of Rifleman Aurangzeb was brought there in a helicopter after the wreath-laying ceremony in Srinagar
