JAMMU, May 11: A BSF jawan succumbed to his injuries, which he had sustained in Pakistani shelling, at a hospital taking the death toll on the Indian side in the four days of intense clashes between India and Pakistan to 28.
Constable Deepak Chimngakham was among the eight BSF personnel injured in the cross-border shelling along the International Border in R S Pura Sector on Saturday.
BSF Jammu said in a post on "X" that "We salute the supreme sacrifice made by BSF braveheart Constable Chimngakham in the service of the nation. He sustained injuries during cross-border firing along the International Boundary in R S Pura area on May 10, and attained martyrdom on May 1".
It said the Director General of BSF and all ranks expressed their deepest condolences to his family. Wreath-laying ceremony (of the fallen jawan) with full honours shall take place today (Monday) at frontier headquarters Jammu,” the BSF said.
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