A territorial Army jawan, visiting home to celebrate festival of Eid with his family, was killed by ‘unidentified’ terrorists in Sidoura village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district late Thursday night.
Defence PRO, Srinagar said, “Hav Manzoor Ahmad Beigh serving with Territorial Army Unit was shot at by terrorists and grievously injured at his residence. The soldier was evacuated to the nearest hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.”
The soldier was unarmed and was on 12 days leave. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
After the formation of Union Government in New Delhi, this is the first killing of an army jawan at the hands of terrorists in Kashmir valley.
Last year, Rifleman Auragzeb, was killed by terrorists while he was returning home to celebrate Eid in Poonch.
Meanwhile, in a separate operation a terrorist was killed in in Lassipora area of Pulwama till the time of filing the report. The operation in the area was still going on, official sources said.
On the other hand, two SPO’s were also found missing from district police lines, Pulwama along with their weapons.