Soldier injured in Pak firing succumbs

JAMMU: An Army non-commissioned officer, who was critically injured in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan in J&K’s Rajouri on January 18, succumbed on Sunday at the Udhampur Command Hospital. This is India’s third casualty along the Line of Control (LoC) since January 1.

NCO Naik Nishant Sharma of 10 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles was a native of

Uttar

Pradesh’s

Saharanpur

district and is survived by his parents and wife, said official sources. Udhampur-based defence spokesperson Lt Col Abhinav Navneet said, “Naik Nishant Sharma was a brave, highly motivated and sincere soldier. The nation will always remain indebted to him for his supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty.”

On January 21, Havaldar Nirmal Singh was killed in a similar breach of truce by Pakistan in Poonch district while on January 1, Naib Subedar Ravinder died during another cross-border fire exchange Rajouri’s

Nowshera

sector.