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Fazilka soldier dies in Chhattisgarh Naxal ambush

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Fazilka, July 16: A pall of gloom descended on Fattuwala village in Jalalabad subdivision of the district as its native soldier Mukhtiar Singh (36), a constable with the BSF, was killed in an ambush by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Sunday.

Constable Lokender Singh of Rajasthan was also killed, while constable Sandeep Dey sustained injuries in the gunfight.

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The gunfight took place in a forest near Mahla camp of the BSF when a team of BSF’s 114th battalion was returning after carrying out an anti-Maoist operation. The injured jawan was airlifted to Raipur for treatment.

Family members said Mukhtiar Singh had joined the BSF as a constable in 2002.

Mukhtiar Singh’s relative Subeg Singh said Mukhtiar Singh’s leave was sanctioned and he was to come to his village on a holiday in a few days. Now, his body would reach the village on Monday.

Sources said the body has been airlifted to Delhi. Subeg Singh said Mukhtiar’s cremation would be held in the village on Monday evening.

He is survived by a 13-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter, besides wife.

Source Tribune India

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