Rich tributes were on Monday paid to 24-year-old Captain Ashutosh Kumar, who was martyred during an encounter with terrorists in the Machil sector of the Line of Control in Kashmir on Sunday.
Kumar, an alumnus of the Sainik School, Bhubaneswar, was working with the 18 Madras Regiment. After passing out from the school in 2014 with 92%, he had joined National Defence Academy.
Later he went to Indian Military Academy. Notably, during the Sunday encounter, three other security personnel and three terrorists were also killed.