27 soldiers martyred in six major Jammu and Kashmir terrorist attacks in two years

The Rashtriya Rifles and Para Special Forces unit of the Indian Army have lost 27 soldiers in six major terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir over the past two years, according to sources. This includes the recent loss of two officers from the Indian Armed Forces and a Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police during a counter-terrorism operation in Anantnag district on September 13.

These incidents serve as reminders of the ‘supreme sacrifice exhibited by the men of our armed forces, similar to what Colonel Manpreet Singh, Major Ashish Dhonchak of the 19th Rashtriya Rifles, and DSP Humayun Bhat demonstrated a few days ago against Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists.

Five soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) from Rashtriya Rifles, lost their lives in a terror attack at Dera Ki Gali, Poonch. They were responding to intelligence about infiltrated terrorists. The slain soldiers were identified as Naib Subedar Jaswinder Singh, Naik Mandeep Singh, Sepoys Gajjan Singh, Saraj Singh, and Vaisakh H.

Another five soliders from Rashtriya Rifles were killed in an attack at Bhatta Durriyan, Poonch.

Last August, four more jawans from Rashtriya Rifles succumbed to a terror attack in Pargal, Rajouri. Subedar Rajendra Prasad, Rifleman Manoj Kumar, Rifleman Lakshmanan D, and Rifleman Nishant Malik fought valiantly against two LeT ‘fidayeen’ or suicide attackers. The jawans retaliated against the infiltration attempt, resulting in an encounter where five army personnel were injured, four of whom later succumbed to their injuries. The army also neutralised the two terrorists with links to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).