Homage to Captain Deepak Sharma - 05/03/2010

Captain Deepak Sharma was killed and five security personnel, including four Rashtriya Rifles soldiers and a policeman, injured in an encounter with militants in the Tral area of Pulwama district, about 40 km from Srinagar on Thursday, March 04, 2010

Captain Deepak Kumar of 42 Rashtriya Rifles is the second Army officer to be killed in a gun battle with militants in the Valley in less than a fortnight. He was working with the Corps of Signals since 2006 and had volunteered to join the Rashtriya Rifles last year. Army sources said Capt Kumar was to get married next month and had already applied for leave. The operation in Mir Mohalla, Dadsara, which was suspended on Wednesday night because of darkness and inclement weather, resumed on Thursday morning when militants fired a volley of bullets at a search party. A fierce gun battle ensued.

Security forces have recovered the bodies of three of the four Hizbul Mujahideen militants who were holed up in two houses of the locality.

Flags of Honour Foundation and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament and the Chairman of the National Military Memorial Committee, salutes and honours this brave Martyr...


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