A pall of gloom descended upon Barnog village in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday because the mortal stays of Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar arrived for his final rites.
Amid slogans of Jai Hind and the cries of his family members, his household and villagers, who had gathered in giant numbers, paid tribute to him.
Rakesh Kumar had desires of rebuilding his monsoon-damaged home within the village. He was killed in motion throughout a gunfight with terrorists within the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
“Our ten-room home was broken in the course of the monsoon final yr, and we have been residing in a rented home. Rakesh, who had come on depart one-and-a-half months in the past, had promised to start out the development of the brand new home in January,” PTI quoted Kumar’s brother Karam Singh as saying.
Rakesh Kumar is survived by his spouse, Bhanupriya, their youngsters – daughter Yashshwini (13) and son Pranav (7) – and his 90-year-old mom, Bhati Devi.
His mortal stays have been introduced on Monday afternoon by a particular Military helicopter, which landed at Kangni helipad. From there, it was taken to Ner Chowk Medical Faculty, and transported to his native village Tuesday morning.
Rakesh Kumar of the Army’s 2 Para was killed, and three different troopers have been injured after the military engaged a gaggle of terrorists chargeable for the kidnapping and killing of two Village Defence Guards (VDGs) on Thursday.
The killings triggered a large combing operation by safety forces within the Kuntwara and Keshwan areas of Jammu. Particular forces commandos have been on the path of the terrorists, who’re believed to quantity three to 4.
Throughout the intense search, Kashmir Tigers, a faction of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), claimed accountability for abducting and killing the Village Defence Guards.
In separate assaults in Jammu this yr, 16 safety personnel, 10 civilians, and three VDGs have been killed. Safety forces have additionally neutralised 13 terrorists within the area.
In the meantime, in Kashmir, 9 personnel and 15 civilians have misplaced their lives in terror assaults, whereas 24 terrorists have been killed by safety forces.
