Soldier from Himachal’s Hamirpur district killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistan at LoC
Sepoy Rohin Kumar was critically injured in the exchange of fire in Rajouri sector and later succumbed to his injuries
Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The Indian Army responded strongly to the enemy fire, a defence release said.
Sepoy Rohin Kumar, 24, who belongs to Galore khas village of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh, was critically injured in the exchange of fire and later succumbed to his injuries.
“Sepoy Rohin Kumar was a brave, highly motivated and a sincere soldier. The nation will remain indebted to him for his supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty,” defence public relations officer Lt Col Devender Anand said in the release here.
A pall of gloom descended on his native village as soon as the news reached the family.
The sepoy was engaged to get married in November this year. His father works at a shop in Amritsar.
The last rites of Rohin Kumar were performed with full military honors at a crematorium near his native village in the evening. His cousin brother lit the pyre amid slogans of ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ and ‘Shaheed Rohin Kumar amar rahe’.
Earlier, Ankush Kumar of Karohta village in the district had lost his life while fighting the Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan valley.