Poonch army attack: Shock and grief shroud families of victims

A pall of gloom descended at Charik village in Punjab`s Moga district on Friday as loads of humans accrued on the residence of Lance Naik Kulwant Singh who became amongst 5 squaddies killed withinside the terrorist ambush in Jammu and Kashmir`s Poonch on Thursday.

The 32-year-vintage, who joined the navy in 2009, became the second one member in his own circle of relatives to have died in a terrorist assault. His father, Baldev Singh, who became published in Kargil, had additionally died in a fear assault earlier.

“I remaining talked to him the day gone by withinside the morning. He became mountaineering a mountain at that time. He informed me that he’s excellent and requested me now no longer to worry. He requested me to attend to his son,” Kulwant`s mom Jinder Kaur stated. Kulwant is survived with the aid of using his spouse and children.

Four of the squaddies who died withinside the assault on Thursday belonged to Punjab. At Bagha village in Bathinda, numerous humans accrued on the residence of Sepoy Sevak Singh (23) who became a key breadwinner of the own circle of relatives. His father is a each day wager.

“He became usually involved approximately me. When our dad and mom mentioned his marriage, he usually stated that he desired to look me get married first,” his sister Jasvir Kaur stated. The own circle of relatives of Sepoy Harkrishan Singh in Fatehgarh Churian meeting section of Gurdaspur district is ready to get hold of the body.

His pregnant spouse Daljit Kaur, who additionally has a one-and-half-year-vintage daughter, recalled how he had promised to go to domestic soon. “I remaining spoke to him on Thursday. He had spoken to our daughter too and had promised to return back domestic soon,” she stated.

At Chankoian Kalan in Payal Tehsil of Ludhiana, Subedar (retired) Jasvir Singh stated that the information of the loss of life of his nephew, Havaldar Mandeep Singh, has shaken the complete own circle of relatives, along with the deceased`s eight-year-vintage son.

“His son is mum and isn’t pronouncing some thing however looking the information of the assault. We do now no longer understand if he is familiar with the which means of lifestyles and loss of life. But he says he’ll be part of the Indian Army like his father,” Singh stated.