Rewari jawan among four killed in Pulwama encounter

Gurgaon | Tuesday | 19th February, 2019

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CHANDIGARH: Naik Hari Singh , a jawan from Rewari district of Haryana who was killed in a military operation on Monday near Pulwama, had received an appreciation letter from his commanding officer just two months ago for arresting two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists. In that encounter, the security forces reportedly killed the mastermind behind Pulwama terrorist attack in which 44 CRPF personal were killed.A native of Rajgarh village in Rewari district, Hari is survived by his mother Pista Devi, wife Radha Devi, and one-year-old son Laksha Chauhan . According to villagers, his father Agdi Singh, who passed away eight years ago, too worked in the army. In that operation, two LeT terrorists were arrested by the security forces"You made the entire unit proud. He had recently been promoted to the rank of Naik.Twenty-eight-year-old Hari Singh, deployed with 55 Rastriya Rifles, was among four military personnel, including an Army Major, who were killed on Monday morning in an encounter with Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists at Pinglena in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir..