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Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar, who was killed in action during a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar on Sunday, had wanted to rebuild his monsoon-damaged house, according to his family.I)..
A junior commissioner officer (JCO) with the army's 2 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), Kumar was a resident of Barnog village in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh..
Kumar's brother Karam Singh told PTI, Our ten-room house was damaged during the monsoon last year and we were living in a rented house..
The encounter that led to the death of Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar was with a group of terrorists involved in the abduction and killing of two village defence guards (VDGs) in Kishtwar on Thursday last week..
