Kathmandu, January 2
A Nepali man working for the Indian Army was killed by ‘infiltrators’ in Kashmir on Tuesday, Hindustan Times reported on Wednesday quoting officials from the Indian armed forces.
The deceased has been identified as Rifleman Arjun Thapa Magar (25), from Gorkha. Naik Sawant Sandip Raghunath (29) from Munde village in Karhad tehsil of Satara, Maharashtra was also killed during an exchange of fire.
“In the intervening night of Tuesday, a contact was established with infiltrators in a forest Rakh Taryath in Nowshera Sector. The heavily armed terrorists retaliated by fire. In the ensuing exchange of fire, two soldiers of the Indian Army were critically injured and later succumbed to their injuries and attained martyrdom,” said Public Relations Officer, Defence, Lt Col Devender Anand.
According to Jammu and Kashmir police, eighty-three security personnel had lost their lives in anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018, said the report.
