Poonch terror attack: Army releases names of soldiers killed, search operations underway to trace militants

New Delhi: Hours after five soldiers lost their lives in a terrorist attack on a truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on Thursday (April 21), the Indian Army has released the names of the deceased soldiers.

The Army’s 16 Corps based in Nagrota said, the deceased has been identified as havildar Mandeep Singh, lance naik Debashish Baswal, lance naik Kulwant Singh, sepoy Harkrishan Singh and sepoy Sewak Singh.

Taking to Twitter,The Whitenight corps said that they stand in solidarity with the bereaved families.

@Whiteknight_IA salutes the sacrifice of Hav Mandeep Singh, L/Nk Debashish Baswal, L/Nk Kulwant Singh, Sep Harkrishan Singh, Sep Sewak Singh, who laid down their lives in the line of duty in #Poonch Sector on 20 Apr 23. We stand in solidarity with the bereaved families. pic.twitter.com/50D9HRdssa

— White Knight Corps (@Whiteknight_IA) April 20, 2023

The soldiers belonged to the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles unit.

Soon a seach operation were launched to trace the terrorist, but so far no clarity habe been found on the attackers.

The Army in the statement said that the terrorist took the advantage of heavy rains and low visibility in the area. The Army also said that the truck  caught fire due to a likely grenade attack.

Condolences started pouring in for the Army jawans who lost their lives.

Terrible news coming in, of this Indian Army truck that caught fire in Jammu & Kashmir, and resulted in the death of five of our bravest, was the work of terrorists. One jawan has been seriously injured and is battling for life. The entire nation prays for him. pic.twitter.com/BHQcj038ua

— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) April 20, 2023

Very sad news coming from Kashmir. Coward terrorist attack Indian Army truck that caught fire in Jammu & Kashmir & resulted in the death of 5 of our bravest soldiers & one other has been seriously injured & is battling for life. #OmShanti & Bharat unites in praying for them. pic.twitter.com/aHRgbq1oxc

— Radharamn Das राधारमण दास (@RadharamnDas) April 20, 2023

Our Mother land has suffered for decades & still suffering with this Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, unfortunate! Today 5 Indian Army soldiers martyred in a terror attack in Rajouri Sector of J&K ??.

Salute to the Bravehearts & Condolences to the families. pic.twitter.com/lLd3w6nNge

— Kamran Ali Mir (@kamranalimir) April 20, 2023

Deeply pained with the tragic News of 5 Indian Army soldiers killed in Rajouri Sector of Jammu & Kashmir when terrorists fired at it.
The truck reportedly caught fire due to grenade blast.
My prayers and thoughts are with the bereaved families of brave soldiers??

Wishing speedy… pic.twitter.com/SGjwv79evI

— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) April 20, 2023