Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag pays tribute to soldier Ajay Singh Choudhry who died yesterday in Machhil encounter.
Srinagar:
Army today paid tributes to Signalman Ajay Singh Choudhary, who laid down his life while foiling an infiltration bid in Machhil sector of Kupwara district in Kashmir.
Chinar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Satish Dua led the officers and other ranks of the army in paying tributes to the slain Signalman by laying a floral wreath on his coffin.
Saluting the brave soldier on his final journey, Lieutenant General Dua said such exemplary acts always served as an inspiration not only to the uniformed community but to the entire nation.
A terrorist was also killed in the encounter yesterday with a group of terrorists intercepted by the Army near the LoC when they were trying to infiltrate through Macchil sector of Kupwara district from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Five soldiers were injured in the operation that started on Tuesday and the Signalman Choudhary later succumbed to his injuries.
A defence spokesman said Signalman Choudhary was "part of his unit's Quick Reaction Team which was the first to intercept and engage an infiltrating column of terrorists in the highly inhospitable terrain of Machhil area on June 14."
Chinar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Satish Dua led the officers and other ranks of the army in paying tributes to the slain Signalman by laying a floral wreath on his coffin.
Saluting the brave soldier on his final journey, Lieutenant General Dua said such exemplary acts always served as an inspiration not only to the uniformed community but to the entire nation.
A terrorist was also killed in the encounter yesterday with a group of terrorists intercepted by the Army near the LoC when they were trying to infiltrate through Macchil sector of Kupwara district from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Five soldiers were injured in the operation that started on Tuesday and the Signalman Choudhary later succumbed to his injuries.
A defence spokesman said Signalman Choudhary was "part of his unit's Quick Reaction Team which was the first to intercept and engage an infiltrating column of terrorists in the highly inhospitable terrain of Machhil area on June 14."
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