Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid tributes to Army Captain Shubham Gupta on Thursday and announced an ex gratia of Rs 50 lakh and a government job for the kin of the deceased braveheart.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday paid tribute to Army Captain Shubham Gupta, a resident of Agra district, who was killed during an encounter with terrorists in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir.
One terrorist killed in the ongoing encounter between terrorists and joint forces of the Army and J-K Police in the Bajimaal area of Dharmsal in the Rajouri district entered its second day on Thursday.
An encounter between terrorists and joint forces of the Army and J-K Police in the Bajimaal area of Dharmsal in the Rajouri district entered its second day on Thursday.
Four army personnel including two officers have lost their lives in an ongoing encounter with terrorists in the Rajouri area of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said on Wednesday.
According to officials, the exchange of fire is currently underway between terrorists and a joint team comprising personnel of the Jammu and Kashmir Army and Police.
The campaign was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 15 at Khunti, Jharkhand. Multiple vans were flagged off simultaneously from various locations with significant tribal populations across the country.
J-K DGP on Sunday held a series of meetings in the border district of Rajouri, stressing upon officers to maintain zero-tolerance against terrorism, narcotics smuggling and corruption.
According to Jammu and Kashmir Police, the encounter broke out after the Indian Army and other security forces launched a joint operation in the Budhal area of Rajouri district.
An elderly man who sustained critical injuries in a fight with his neighbours over a parking spot in West Delhi's Subhash Nagar area died during treatment, said police.