: JCO Killed As Army Foils Infiltration Bid On Loc In J&K
Vivek Sahu
Sat, Apr 12, 2025
J&K/JAMMU/NEWS UDAAN .
A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was killed when alert soldiers foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K’s) Akhnoor sector, officials said on Saturday.
Officials said that late on Friday evening, terrorists tried to infiltrate into the Indian side of the LoC in Keri-Battal area of Akhnoor sector in Jammu district.
“Alert Army soldiers engaged the terrorists in exchange of gunfire and the infiltration bid was foiled.
“In the exchange of fire with the terrorists, one JCO was critically injured.
He was shifted to hospital yesterday. He succumbed to critical injuries today”, officials said.
Kuldeep Chand was a soldier with the 9 Punjab regiment, the Army’s Jammu-based White Knight Corps said in a post on X.
Paying tributes to the fallen soldier the Army posted on platform X, GOC White Knight Corps and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of Braveheart Sub Kuldeep Chand of 9 PUNJAB. He laid down his life while gallantly leading a Counter Infiltration operation along the Line of Control in the Keri-Battal area of Sunderbani on the night of 11 April 2025.
His team’s valour and Sub Kuldeep’s ultimate sacrifice foiled an infiltration attempt by terrorists.
We stand in solidarity with the bereaved family in this hour of grief.
Earlier in another operation, three terrorists were killed by joint forces in the three-day-long operation in Chatroo forest area of Kishtwar district.
A top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit, Saifullah was among the slain terrorists.
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