01-29-2008, 01:02 AM
<b>Day after getting award, Capt dies fighting militants</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi: Twenty-four hours after he was decorated with Sena Medal for gallantry, an Army officer was killed in a gun battle with militants near Tinsukia in Assam on Sunday.
Capt S K Choudhary received the Sena Medal for his courage during a gun battle with militants in Jammu and Kashmir killing two last year.
Twenty-seven-year-old Choudhary perished after killing two ULFA militants and wounding a third in a raid, said an Army spokesman.
Based on a tip off, Army's Gorkha regiment raided Mechaki forest area at Hankhati where the militants, including hardcore ULFA rebel Joond Bhuyan, involved in serveal heinous crimes, were sheltered.
As the Army troops approached, the militants opened fire triggering a heavy exchange of fire, which continued for nearly an hour.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Now India's PM Moron Singh can give reward to jihadist and his kin for killing decorated Army Officer.
Capt S K Choudhary received the Sena Medal for his courage during a gun battle with militants in Jammu and Kashmir killing two last year.
Twenty-seven-year-old Choudhary perished after killing two ULFA militants and wounding a third in a raid, said an Army spokesman.
Based on a tip off, Army's Gorkha regiment raided Mechaki forest area at Hankhati where the militants, including hardcore ULFA rebel Joond Bhuyan, involved in serveal heinous crimes, were sheltered.
As the Army troops approached, the militants opened fire triggering a heavy exchange of fire, which continued for nearly an hour.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Now India's PM Moron Singh can give reward to jihadist and his kin for killing decorated Army Officer.