Hours earlier than he was killed in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda Monday, Sepoy Ajay Singh Naruka, 24, had referred to as his household in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district, saying he could be dwelling round July 20.
Sepoy Bijendra, 25, who was from the identical district and was additionally killed within the gunfight, had wished he have been dwelling on Monday to have a good time the birthday of his spouse, Ankita.
Each Sepoys of Rashtriya Rifles, enrolled in September 2018, sustained “gunshot wounds” through the encounter at about 8 pm Monday and succumbed to their accidents, together with two different personnel, together with a Captain.
“Ajay had referred to as dwelling simply yesterday saying that he’s advantageous though a battle is happening. He mentioned, ‘Jhagda ho he raha hai, aapko pata hai aap log TV dekhte ho (the struggle is on, you realize as you watch TV)’ however I’m coming dwelling as my depart has been sanctioned,” Ajay’s uncle Om Prakash, Assistant Sub-Inspector with Rajasthan Police, informed The Indian Categorical. “However this morning his father obtained a name from the Military informing him that he’s no extra.”
Ajay had final visited dwelling about three months in the past and is survived by his spouse Shalu Kanwar and his mother and father, Kamal Singh and Salochana Devi. Ajay and Shalu married two years in the past and shouldn’t have youngsters. Ajay’s youthful brother Karan Veer is pursuing his MBBS from AIIMS, Bathinda.
Like most households within the area, the Narukas have despatched a number of folks to the Armed Forces and Ajay just isn’t the primary to put down his life within the line of responsibility. “His uncle Sujan Singh, posted with the BSF, was killed December 14, 2021,” Om Prakash mentioned. Sujan was killed in a Maoist assault throughout a BSF operation in Lakshmipur, Odisha. Ajay’s father Kamal Singh too retired from the Military in 2014-15 whereas one other uncle, Kayam Singh Naruka, was awarded the Sena Medal in 2021.
Whereas Ajay’s native village is Bhaisawata Kalan in Buhana tehsil, Bijendra was a local of Dumoli Kalan, which too falls beneath Jhunjhunu’s Buhana tehsil.
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And like Ajay’s, Bijendra’s household too has been sending members to the Armed Forces. Bijendra’s brother Dashrath Singh is within the Military and posted in Lucknow.
Dasrath, 29, mentioned he acquired a name about Bijendra from the Military someday after 11 pm Monday and he left for Rajasthan quickly after. “We used to speak each day. He had been attempting for a depart and we have been additionally planning that he involves Lucknow first for sightseeing after which we are able to go to Jhunjhunu collectively. However now the factor I feared occurred,” he mentioned.
A few of Bijendra’s household are but to be informed that he’s no extra. “I reached Jhunjhunu early morning and informed his spouse Ankita he’s in ICU. She retains insisting why I can’t make her speak to him however I inform her he’s in ICU so I can’t. My mom too retains fainting upon listening to his title, so we haven’t informed them he’s no extra,” Dasrath mentioned.
Sitaram, a relative, mentioned they’re stopping anybody from going in direction of Bijendra’s home – till two hours earlier than the arrival of the physique — since a crowd may disclose what they’ve been hiding.
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Other than spouse Ankita, Bijendra is survived by two sons Viyan (4 years) and Kiyan (18 months), and fogeys Ram Ji Lal and Dholi Devi.
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