Jammu: A junior commissioned officer was among the five jawans killed during an encounter between security forces and heavily armed terrorists in Surankote area of Poonch district on Monday. Jammu and Kashmir.
Acting on an intelligence input, the Indian Army launched a cordon and search operation in the villages near Dera Ki Gali in the morning. Since then the operation is on with intermittent firing.
Jammu Public Relations Officer Lt Col Devendra Anand said the slain soldiers have been identified as Naib Subedar. Jaswinder Singh, resident of district Kapurthala in Punjab; Nayak Mandeep Singh Punjabof Gurdaspur district; Sepoy Gajjan Singh of Ropar district of Punjab; constable saraj singh Sepoy Vaishakh H. from Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh and Kollam district of Kerala.
Colonel Anand said, “The nation will always be indebted to him for his supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty.”
Acting on an intelligence input, the Indian Army launched a cordon and search operation in the villages near Dera Ki Gali in the morning. Since then the operation is on with intermittent firing.
Jammu Public Relations Officer Lt Col Devendra Anand said the slain soldiers have been identified as Naib Subedar. Jaswinder Singh, resident of district Kapurthala in Punjab; Nayak Mandeep Singh Punjabof Gurdaspur district; Sepoy Gajjan Singh of Ropar district of Punjab; constable saraj singh Sepoy Vaishakh H. from Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh and Kollam district of Kerala.
Colonel Anand said, “The nation will always be indebted to him for his supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty.”
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