Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid tributes to Army
Captain Shubham Gupta and announced a compensation of ₹ 50 lakh and a
government job for the kin of the deceased braveheart.
According to an official release, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said a
road in the district will be named after Captain Shubham Gupta to honour him.
“Expressing his condolences to the bereaved family through his official X
handle, CM Yogi said the Uttar Pradesh Government is with the bereaved family
members of the braveheart captain at this hour of grief,” stated the Chief
Minister’s office.
Four Army personnel, including Captain Shubham Gupta, who joined the
Indian Army in the year 2015 and was commissioned in the year 2018, were killed
in the encounter between the security forces and terrorists that took place at
Rajouri in Jammu on Wednesday. Shubham’s first posting was in Udhampur.
Meanwhile, two terrorists were killed in the ongoing encounter between
terrorists and joint forces of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in the
Bajimaal area of Dharmsal in the Rajouri district, which entered its second day
on Thursday.
One of the killed terrorists has been identified as Quari, a Pakistani
national and a hardcore terrorist. He has been trained on the Pakistani and
Afghan fronts, as per the PRO Defence Jammu.
“16 Corps Commander and Rashtriya Rifles’ Romeo Force commander are
monitoring the operations closely,” sources said.
Based on specific intelligence, joint operations were launched in the
Kalakote Area, Gulabgarh Forest, and Rajouri District.
“The terrorists have been injured and surrounded and operations are in
progress,” said the Indian Army’s White Knight Corps on the ongoing anti-terror
operation in the Kalakote area of Rajouri, J&K.
“Contact was established on November 22 and an intense firefight ensued.
The terrorists have been injured and surrounded and operations are in progress,
amidst acts of valour and sacrifice by our own bravehearts in trying to prevent
collateral damage to women and children in the highest traditions of the Indian
Army,” the Indian Army’s White Knight Corps said.
ANI
