Naik Kuldeep Nainwal attains martyrdom

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, May 20

Naik Kuldeep Nainwal of Dehradun, who was grievously injured while fighting terrorists in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir during the month of April and was undergoing treatment at Pune military hospital, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.

A pall of gloom descended on the Harrawala locality of Dehradun, where martyr’s family is residing. The mortal remains of the martyr are expected to arrive in Dehradun on Monday.

The Martyr’s father Chakradhar Prasad Nainwal had retired from the post of hony captain from the Army.

Martyr Naik Kuldeep Nainwal had joined the Mahar Regiment in the year 2001 and was posted in Kashmir for the past two-and-a-half years. 

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had enquired about the well-being of Kuldeep some time back.

After suffering bullet injuries in Kulgam the encounter, a grievously injured Naik Nainwal was rushed to Army’s RR Hospital where after undergoing treatment for a while he was referred to        Army hospital Pune, where he finally succumbed to his injuries.