Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan, GOC, 1 Corps, with the family members of Capt Pawan Kumar in Jind on Wednesday. Tribune photo

Jind, February 24

General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 1 Corps Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan visited the family of Captain Pawan Kumar, who died while fighting militants in Pulwama district of J&K on Sunday, at the Urban Estate area of Jind this morning. The GOC offered his condolences to the martyr’s family. Captain Pawan of the elite 10 Para (Special Forces) attained martyrdom while fighting militants in the Pampore area of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.Captain Pawan’s father Rajbir said: “The GOC has told us that the Army is ready to open an Army school at our native village Badhana if the district administration will follow set procedure and forward the proposal to the Army”. Congress national spokesperson Randeep Surjewala was here to offer condolences to the family of Captain Pawan. “The divide and rule policy of the BJP has tarnished Haryana’s image of being a peaceful state. The state government must restore law and order soon,” he said. — OC