NE NEWS SERVICE
RAJOURI, AUG 11
One from Tamil Nadu was among three soldiers killed in a gunbattle that was triggered after two terrorists tried to storm an army camp before dawn at Pargal in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday. The terrorists were shot dead as their attempt to enter the camp was foiled.
Gen Manoj Pande #COAS & All Ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of Subedar Rajendra Prasad, Rifleman Manoj Kumar & Rifleman Lakshmanan D, who laid down their lives in the line of duty in Rajouri #JammuAndKashmir and offer deepest condolences to the bereaved families.#IndianArmy https://t.co/iKgfYU7zOC
— ADG PI – INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) August 11, 2022
The army said the firefight was sparked after sentries detected suspicious persons approaching the camp taking advantage of the inclement weather and dense foliage around 40 km from the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The sentries challenged the two terrorists who threw grenade while attempting to gain entry inside the post. …alert troops cordoned the area and engaged them in a firefight thereby pinning them. In the ensuing encounter, two terrorists were neutralised,” it said in a statement. It added six soldiers were injured and three of them later succumbed to injuries.
The army identified the three as subedar Rajendra Prasad and riflemen Manoj Kumar and Lakshmanan D. Prasad was from Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu while Lakshmanan belonged to Madurai in Tamil Nadu and Kumar to Haryana’s Faridabad.
