Recently, security forces launched a search operation in
Karewa Malino in Shopian, 55 kms from South Kashmir following about the
presence of three militants, two locals and a foreigner. The militants were asked to surrender but
they resorted to firing, triggering the gunfight. An army Major and a soldier were killed in
the operation. Shopian is part of Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency and the
encounter took place a day after militants carried out an attack on a polling
party escorted by police and CRPF personnel in the district at the end of the
voting.
Major Mukund Varadarajan (22 Rajput, deployed with 44
Rashtriya Rifles) who was killed in the search operation is a native of Chennai
and belongs to a family where his grandfather and uncle too served in Armed
Forces. Mukund Varadarajan left his job in IT firm to serve the Army. Cremation
took place at Besant Nagar, with full military honour paid and hundreds of people
paying their homage to the departed soul at Tambaram.
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Dr, Thamilisai Soundarajan, BJP paid her tributes and
condolences to the grieved family. Sangh karyakarthas also paid their tributes
to the departed soul.
The Indian Army, with selfless service to the nation, is one
of the largest armies with 1,129,900 active troops and 960,000 reserve troops.
Soldiers march with patriotic fervor safeguarding our borders, participating in
wars and protecting our country. History of the subcontinent tells us that
millions of soldiers were killed, thousands were wounded and missed
unknown. Yet, the patriotic fervor keeps
driving millions of soldiers and our Indian Army won all the wars in
post-independence period (except China war).
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