Displaying raw courage and nerves of steel, a 23-year-old braveheart of the Indian Army, part of the Gurkha Regiment, eliminated heavily armed infiltrator in a hand to hand combat along the line of Control in Poonch in the wee hours of Saturday. Another infiltrator was killed by the ambush near Baghialdhara nallah along the loC in Poonch.
One Indian solider was injured in the fierce gunbattle and was immediately rushed to the Command hospital.According to sources, "Based on hard intelligence inputs, ambush parties were deployed along the loC in Poonch sector. When movement of a group of militants was noticed on night vision devices around 2.30 am, one infiltrator with precise and controlled fire of automatic weapons."
During the operation, Rifleman Prem Bahadur Roka Magar of Gurkha Regiment displayed nerves of steel as he grabbed an AK-47 of another Pak trained infiltrator and tried to overpower him. In the melee he dropped his own weapon and escaped unhurt.As they were grappling with each other in a hilly terrain the two were segregated due to free fall in the nearby nallah. Running for safety the infiltrator was finally neutralised by the courageous soldier with the help of live grenade, official sources said.
According to Defence PRO in Jammu, Rifleman Prem Bahadur Roka Magar displayed nerves of steel with scant regard for his own safety, while neutralising the heavily armed infiltrator along the loC in Poonch.Between April 25 and May 10 at least four incidents of ceasefire violation and attempted infiltration have been reported in the same sector.
The search parties later seized two AK-47 Rifles, 240 rounds of AK-47, eight magazines of AK-47 Rifles, I UBGl, two UBGl grenades, three hand grenades, one claymore mine, two detonators, one timer device, one packet explosives, three rucksacks and one handycam.