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Engaged on Jan 28, he was to marry on April 18
The New Indian Express Jeypore
|February 13, 2025
NAIK Mukesh Singh Manhas, who was killed in an IED blast near Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Akhnoor sector on Tuesday, had returned to army unit on January 28 after his home for engagement. He was to get married on April 18.
Preparation was in full swing for the wedding. The refurbishing and white washing was going on in Naik's home in Kamila village in Utterbehni area of border district of Samba in J&K, when his family received the news about his injury at 6 pm on Tuesday. "We were informed by the army that he was injured in the blast. Half an hour later told us that he had succumbed to injuries," one of his relatives said.
This story is from the February 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Jeypore.
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