JAMMU, Aug 16:
Army and police on Thursday paid tribute to Captain Deepak Singh who was martyred in an encounter with terrorists in nearby Udhampur district, officials said.
A wreath-laying ceremony was held in Jammu in which General-Officer-Commanding (GOC) White Knight Corps Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva, Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar, Additional Director General of Police Anand Jain laid wreaths and paid tribute to Singh at the IAF station here.
Several officers of civil administration, army, police and paramilitary forces also paid tribute of the captain.
On Wednesday, Captain Deepak Singh and one terrorist were martyred in an encounter in Assar area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Wednesday. One civilian was also injured in the encounter.
Singh was critically injured in the operation and shifted to a military hospital where he breathed his last.(PTI)
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