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He was attacked on Thursday. Jawan Rajendra Singh, who sustained serious head injury after being attacked by stone pelters in Anantnag bypass yesterday has succumbed to his injuries.
According to Indian Army, Rajendra Singh, aged 22 was part of a Quick Reaction Team which was providing security (protection) to a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) convoy on 25 October 2018.
At around 6.00 PM, when the convoy was passing through the Anantnag bypass tri-junction near NH-44, few youth hurled stones at the vehicle and Sep Rajendra Singh was injured after being hit
by a stone directly on the head. > Srinagar: Wreath laying ceremony of Army personnel Ngamsiamliana, > Brajesh Kumar and Rajendra Singh who lost their lives in action in > separate
encounters in #JammuAndKashmir since yesterday > pic.twitter.com/txExTN3skj > — ANI (@ANI) October 26, 2018 He was provided immediate first aid and evacuated to 92 Base Hospital but he
couldn't be saved. Rajendra Singh is resident of Badena village in Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand. He had joined the army couple of years back. The martyred jawan is survived by his parents.