JAMMU, OCTOBER 30: An Army Lieutenant and a jawan were killed in a mine blast in Nowshera’s Lam area along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s border Rajouri district on Saturday.
A Defence PRO Lt Colonel Devender Anand here identified the deceased as Lt Rishi Kumar of Bihar’s Begusarai and Sepoy Manjit Singh of Sirvewala, Bhatinda in Punjab.
“On October 30, during an area domination patrol in Nowshera Sector, District Rajouri (J&K), a mine blast occurred, wherein, two Indian Army soldiers critically injured and later succumbed to their injuries,’’ Lt Colonel Anand said. “Another soldier who was also injured and was evacuated and is under treatment,’’ he added.
Lt Rishi Kumar and Sepoy Manjit were brave and extremely committed to the profession of soldiering and have made the supreme sacrifice for the nation in the line of active duty, he said. The nation and Indian Army shall forever remain indebted to the brave hearts for their supreme sacrifice.
