Undeterred by blazing fire from assault rifles, the braveheart crawled in the pitch dark and placed charges (explosives used for road construction) around the house, a senior officer recalled. The constable came under heavy fire from an AK rifle as he started retreating towards his position but managed to escape, they said. The explosives planted by him, though, brought down only half of the house. Despite his wounds, he planted the explosives on remaining part of the house before breathing his last. He had announced to his senior officer earlier that he was proceeding on leave as his wife was expecting.

Source: The Hindu March 05, 2017 10:40 UTC