Major Chitresh Bisht who got martyred while defusing mines at LOC was to get married next month

Major Bisht was leading a bomb disposal squad team for sanitisation when mines were detected on the track in Naushera sector around 3 pm

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New Delhi: On Saturday evening, in yet another blast in Jammu and Kashmir’s Naushera sector, an army major- Chitresh Bisht got martyred. In the mine explosion along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, a soldier was also injured with Bisht, in the process of sanitizing the area. Major Bisht was leading a bomb disposal squad team for sanitisation when mines were detected on the track in Naushera sector around 3 pm, a defence spokesman said. He said the team defused one of the mines successfully but while neutralizing another mine, the device got activated and the officer suffered grievous injuries and attained martyrdom. Earlier, the officials said the blast was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and was apparently planted by "enemy forces within Indian territory". Who was Major Bisht? The 31-year-old major belonged to Dehradun in Uttarakhand and is survived by his parents S S Bisht and Rekha Bisht. Chitresh Bisht’s was going to get married next month. He was scheduled to reach home on February 28 for his wedding preparations. The wedding was scheduled on March 7. It was his birthday on February 15. He got martyred 2 days after it. He was a resident of Nehru Colony, and hailed from Peepli, Ranikhet. Major Bisht has received his training from CMA Pune and IMA. He was deployed in the engineer core. Also, one soldier was injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by targeting forward posts along the LoC in the Naushera sector, prompting retaliation by Indian troops. The unprovoked firing of small arms from across the border started in Naushera sector around 4 pm and the exchange of firing between the two sides continued for quite sometime, they said. The soldier was injured when he was hit by a bullet in Kalal area of the sector and was immediately shifted to a hospital. The Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively to the ceasefire violation by Pakistan but the casualties suffered by Pakistan in the retaliatory action was not known immediately, the officials said.