Our Correspondent

UNA, JUNE 18

Mortal remains of Rifleman Anil Jaswal, who laid down his life fighting terrorists in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir this morning, will be brought to his native village Saroh in Bangana sub division tomorrow.

The soldier, serving in the 13 Jammu and Kashmir (JAK) Rifles, was martyred in Bijbehara area of Anantnag during an encounter, which left two militants dead. The soldiers were on a search operation on the basis of an intelligence input that some militants were hiding there. Two more army personnel were injured in the encounter.

Bangana Sub Divisional Magistrate Sanjeev Kumar said he was in touch with the Army headquarters and the martyr’s body was expected to reach his village tomorrow morning. He said that the slain soldier’s family members have been informed.

Anil leaves behind his wife, a five-month-old son and parents. His father Ashok Kumar, who is also an ex-serviceman, was in tears on hearing the news about his son’s death, while his mother and wife went speechless. His father said Anil had got recruitment in the Army about six years ago. He married Shweta two years ago.

The couple has a five-month-old son. The martyr was at his ancestral village along with his family in May and had rejoined his duty just about a fortnight ago. “Just two days we all celebrated Anil’s birthday”, said the sobbing father.

Meanwhile, Kutlehar MLA and Rural Development Minister Virender Kanwar has condoled the death of Anil Kumar, who, he said, had made the supreme sacrifice for the nation. Kanwar said the state government was with the aggrieved family in this hour of distress and assured them all help.

Army pays tributes to IED blast victims

 

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, June 18

The Army on Tuesday paid tributes to three of its soldiers who were killed in two separate incidents in Kashmir Valley. At a ceremony in the Badamibagh cantonment here, Lt-Gen KJS Dhillon, Chinar Corps Commander, and all ranks paid homage to the three soldiers.

The three soldiers included havildar Amarjeet Kumar and naik Ajit Kumar Saboo, who were injured in the yesterday’s IED blast in Pulwama and later succumbed to their injuries.

Havildar Kumar, 35, had joined the Army in 2005 and hailed from Dighawlia village in Siwan district of Bihar. Naik Sahoo, 27, hailed from Badasuanalo village in Dhenknal district of Odisha. He had joined the Army in 2015.

The third soldier was rifleman Anil Kumar Jaswal, who had sustained a bullet injury in a counter-insurgency operation conducted in Marahom village of Anantnag district in which two militants were killed. He belonged to Saroh village of Una district of Himachal Pradesh.