Security forces on Saturday recovered a Turkish-origin kamikaze drone in Nowshera sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.
The additional district magistrate of the border district of Rajouri, Raj Kumar Thapa, was among the five persons, killed on Saturday morning in an artillery attack by the Pakistan Army.
Two of his staff members were critically injured as artillery shells from across the LoC hit his house, reports said.
They were rushed to the Government Medical College but Thapa succumbed to his injuries while the condition of his staff members is stated to be critical, according to officials.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has condoled Thapa’s death. He wrote on X; “Devastating news from Rajouri. We have lost a dedicated officer of the J&K Administration Services. Just yesterday he was accompanying the Deputy CM around the district & attended the online meeting I chaired”.
“Today the residence of the officer was hit by Pak shelling as they targeted Rajouri town killing our Additional District Development Commissioner Sh Raj Kumar Thappa. I’ve no words to express my shock & sadness at this terrible loss of life. May his soul rest in peace”, the CM added.