Lieutenant Sushil Khajuria , Kirti Chakra (P)

Having laid down his life while fighting bravely to eliminate militants in Kupwara forest belt in the Kashmir Valley, Army officer Lt Sushil Khajuria was today (September 29) cremated with full military honours in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The mortal remains of Lt Sushil arrived from Srinagar and were received at Jammu Airport by Deputy GOC Tiger Division, Brig Pankaj Saxena and Air Commodore, Jammu IAF Station, Nitin Sathe today.

Several officers laid wreaths on the mortal remains of the Army officer which were later taken to his native place in Gagwal village and cremated there with full military honours. Lt Sushil of 18 Grenadiers laid down his life while fighting a big group of militants in Shamsabari forests in Kupwara district.

Lt. Sushil Khajuria died while fighting against militants in Kupwara on September 27, 2011.

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A total of nine persons including five militants, an army officer, a jawan and two policemen have been killed in the gunfight which entered the fourth day today. The mortal remains of CRPF Jawan Ram Singh, who was killed in the encounter with naxalites in Ranchi area, were also cremated today with full military honours at Goru Mandu in the district.