Naik Bakhtawar Singh

Jammu/Rajouri, June 16

With Pakistan continuing to violate the ceasefire along the the Line of Control (LoC), another Army jawan, Naik Bakhtawar Singh, was today killed while guarding a forward post in Upper Kalsian, Nowshera sector.He received multiple splinter injuries when a mortar shell fired by the Pakistani army exploded near him. Bakhtawar Singh (34), who hailed from Hajipur village in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, is survived by his wife Jasbir Kaur and three children — a son aged 11 years, a nine-year-old daughter and another 10-month-old son.He is the third soldier to have been killed at the LoC since May 1.“The Pakistan army initiated unprovoked firing at 5.15 am. The Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively but in the exchange of fire, Naik Bakhtawar Singh was grievously injured. He succumbed to his injuries later,” said the Defence PRO. — TNS