A havildar in the Indian Army died on Monday after being injured in a gunfight with suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district a day earlier.
The Army’s White Knight Corps said that Havildar Gajendra Singh “made the supreme sacrifice while gallantly executing a Counter Terrorism operation in the Singpura area during the ongoing Operation TRASHI-I on the intervening night of 18-19 Jan 2026”.
Singh was among eight soldiers injured in the gunfight that broke out between security forces and suspected militants on Sunday during an operation launched by security forces in the Chhatru area, ANI quoted unidentified officials as saying.
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The #GOC, White Knight Corps and all ranks pay solemn tribute to Havildar Gajendra Singh of the Special Forces, who made the supreme sacrifice while gallantly executing a Counter Terrorism operation in the Singpura area during the… pic.twitter.com/XKUDTw9dxq
The operation was launched due to the presence of suspected militants in the region, the officials said.
The soldiers were injured when the suspected militants targeted the approaching search parties with grenades and AK-47 fire on Sunday afternoon, The Indian Express quoted unidentified officials saying.
The security forces resumed searches in the region on Monday morning after a night-long halt in the operation.
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