SHAHEED PARA COMMANDO CAPTAIN HARSHAN

EVEN AS THE SNOW LASHED THE KASHMIR VALLEY, PARA COMMANDO CAPTAIN HARSHAN R ALONG WITH HIS TEAM OF SOLDIERS MADE HIS WAY TO A MILITANT HIDEOUT IN THE LOLAB VALLEY, CLOSE TO THE PAKISTAN BORDER.A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT, HARSHAN AND HIS TROOPS ENCIRCLED THE MILITANT HIDEOUT AND THE TWO SIDES WAITED FOR THE FIRST SHOT TO BE FIRED.
BY AROUND 3.50 AM,MILITANTS RUSHED OUT FIRING COMING FACE-TO-FACE WITH CAPT.HARSHAN.ACCORDING TO HARSHAN’S TEAM,HE KILLED 2 TERRORISTS EVEN AS THE ENEMY’S BULLET PLUNGED INTO HIS THIGHS.MOMENTS LATER HARSHAN WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A BULLET DEEP IN HIS NECK. “HE WAS KIND OF A PERSON WHO WOULD RELENTLESSLY PURSUE AN OPERATION TILL THE END.”SAID LT.COLONEL PRASHANT SRIVASTAV, HIS SENIOR FROM THE 2 PARAS.
ACCORDING TO HARSHAN’S PEERS,THE PARA COMMANDO CAPTAIN WAS ALWAYS ON HIS TOES EVEN SINCE HE WAS DEPLOYED IN KUPWARA(KASHMIR).EVERY TIME HARSHAN WENT OUT ON PATROL HE CAME BACK WITH RELEVANT INTELLIGENCE ON MILITANTS IN THE VALLEY.
A FEW DAYS BACK,HARSHAN HAD LED AN OPERATION IN WHICH THE TOP BRASS OF HIZBUL MUJAHIDIN(TERRORIST GROUP) IN NORTHERN KASHMIR WAS KILLED.OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS,HE ALSO ELIMINATED AT LEAST 5 HARDCORE MILITANTS,AS PER MILITARY COUNTS.
HARSHAN WAS AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT FROM HIS SCHOOL DAYS, AN ACCOMPLISHED MOUNTAINEER, A CERTIFIED UNDERWATER DIVER AND AN EXCELLENT CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER.