A soldier was killed in action and three more were injured during a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar.
The army's 16 Corps in a post on X said the Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar was killed in action in a joint counter-terror operation launched in Kishtwar's Bhart Ridge on Saturday.
Naib Subedar Kumar was from the 2 Para (SF).