Dehradun: Mortal remains of Major Chitresh Singh Bisht brought to his residence

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.