Lucknow:
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid tributes to Military Captain Shubham Gupta on Thursday and introduced an ex gratia of Rs 50 lakh and a authorities job for the kin of the deceased braveheart.
In accordance with an official launch, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister additionally mentioned {that a} highway within the district will probably be named after Captain Shubham Gupta to honour him.
“Expressing his condolences to the bereaved family through his official X handle, CM Yogi said the Uttar Pradesh government is with the bereaved family members of the braveheart captain at this hour of grief,” based on a press launch from the Chief Minister’s workplace.
4 military personnel, together with Captain Shubham Gupta, who joined the Indian Military within the 12 months 2015 and was commissioned within the 12 months 2018, had been killed within the encounter between the safety forces and terrorists that happened at Rajouri in Jammu on Wednesday. Shubham’s first posting was in Udhampur, the discharge said.
In the meantime, two terrorists had been killed within the ongoing encounter between terrorists and joint forces of the Military and J-Ok Police within the Bajimaal space of Dharmsal within the Rajouri district, which entered its second day on Thursday.
One of many killed terrorists has been recognized as Quari, a Pakistani nationwide and a hardcore terrorist. He has been educated on the Pakistani and Afghan fronts, as per the PRO Defence Jammu.
“16 Corps Commander and Rashtriya Rifles’ Romeo Force commander are monitoring the operations closely,” sources mentioned.
Based mostly on particular intelligence, joint operations had been launched within the Kalakote Space, Gulabgarh Forest, and Rajouri District.
“The terrorists have been injured and surrounded and operations are in progress,” mentioned the Indian Military’s White Knight Corps on the continued anti-terror operation within the Kalakote space of Rajouri, J&Ok.
“Contact was established on November 22 and an intense firefight ensued. The terrorists have been injured and surrounded and operations are in progress, amidst acts of valour and sacrifice by our own bravehearts in trying to prevent collateral damage to women and children in the highest traditions of the Indian Army,” the Indian Military’s White Knight Corps mentioned.
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