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Journalism of Courage
Showing exemplary courage, a Company Commander of Rashtriya Rifles, Major Amit Sharma, on Saturday laid down his life during a gunbattle with ultras in the dense forests of Bafliaz in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Led by Major Sharma, the patrol party was ambushed by Jamait-ul-Mujahideen in a gunbattle in the dense forests of Bafliaz on Friday. Six Army personnel and a JuM commander was killed in the incident, official sources said. Despite losing five jawans and having two others injured, an injured Major Sharma managed to kill the JuM ultra and saved two jawans from gun shots. He succumbed to his injures the next day, after the injured were airlifted to Udhampur. — (Agencies)
