|| Army Colonel || Major || And Three Other || Killed in North Kashmir Encounter ||
The team of five, which also consisted of a Kashmir Police personnel, came under heavy fire as soon as they entered the house in Changimulla , Handwara based on Intelligence inputs.
Based on the intelligence input that terrorists were taking the civilian inmates of a house in Changimulla, Handwara of Kupwara district hostage, a joint operation was launched by Army and JK Police. A team comprising five Army and JK Police personnel entered the target area occupied by the terrorists to evacuate the civilians. The team of Army and JK Police entered the area and successfully extricated the civilians..
However, during the process, the team was subjected to a heavy volume of fire by the terrorists,
In the ensuing firefight, two terrorists were eliminated by the Army team Security forces also managed to gun down two militants, one of whom has been identified as Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Haider with five of its members attaining martyrdom.
Col. Asutosh Sharma |
Names of the martyred soldiers are Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, Major Anuj Sood, Naik Rakesh Kumar, Lieutenant Naik Dinesh Singh and Sub-Inspector Shakeel Qazi.
Col Ashutosh Sharma Commanding Officer of 21 Rashtriya Rifles unit had been twice decorated with gallantry medals for exemplary bravery in counter-terrorist missions
Maj. Anuj Sood |
He is also the first Commanding Officer or a Colonel-rank Army person in the last five years to have lost his life in an encounter with terrorists
Originally from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, Colonel Sharma is survived by his wife and a 12-year-old daughter.
While The Father of Late Major Anuj Sood Ex. Brigadier Chandrakant Sood said "My Son made a Supreme Sacrifice".
In one hand the whole world is fighting against the Global Pandemic and on the other hand its the
The whole nation pays tribute from the hearts. You will be remembered The Real Heroes.
salute to our armed forces
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