Army Captain Kapil Kundu Killed in Ceasefire Violation by Pakistan at LoC was Six Days Short of Turning 23

Captain Kapil Kundu from Ransika village of Gurgaon district was killed when the Pakistani forces opened unprovoked firing and shelling along the LoC

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Jammu, Feb 4 (PTI) An Army Captain, who was among those killed in the heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir today, was six days short of his 23rd birthday, a senior Army official said.

Captain Kapil Kundu from Ransika village of Gurgaon district  was killed when the Pakistani forces opened unprovoked firing and shelling along the LoC in the Bhimbher Gali sector of Rajouri district this evening.

He would have turned 23 on February 10, the official said. In the shelling, three jawans were also killed, senior Army officials said.

Earlier in the day, two teenagers and a jawan were injured in the Shahpur sector of Poonch district in the shelling from across the border, a police official said.

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