Sepoy Jagsir Singh. — @adgpi/Twitter

Jammu/Ferozepur, December 31

A pall of gloom descended on Lohgarh Thakran Wala village in Zira sub-division in this district after the news of Sepoy Jagsir Singh’s death reached here.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)Singh (32) was killed after Pakistani troops again violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir today.He was posted in a forward area in Noushera sector of Rajouri district.Singh is survived by wife Mohinder Pal Kaur, two daughters and one son, his family said.He had visited his native village last week and had promised to visit again next month.His mother Gurmit Kaur said Singh rang up yesterday night to convey New Year greetings.“Little did we know that this will be our last conversation,” an inconsolable Gurmit Kaur said.The soldier’s family said the couple got married in 2010, and were blessed with three kids, Nigamjit Kaur (7), Gurmeet Kaur (5) and Jagdeep Singh (2).Singh’s last rites will be held tomorrow, Vipin Sharma, a Tehsildar, said. — PTI