In September 1995, intelligence had placed a team of Lashkar-e-Toiba group in a mountain cave where nearly 20 foreign mercenaries were holed up in the Lolab Valley.
A team led by Captain Ashok Jasrotia of 9th SF moved up the 7000 feet mountain. By dawn they had moved into position when they were spotted. Finding his men in a disadvantageous position under rocket and rifle fire, he led the assault culminating in a fierce hand-to-hand fight. Captain Jasrotia threw a grenade and charged the militant and shot him in the process taking a bullet in the shoulder.
Another militant tried to bludgeon him but Captain Jasrotia managed to kill him with his commando knife. As he moved towards the cave a hidden militant shot him in the chest and stomach. The rest of the commandos finished off the group.
The tough Captain hung on for 10 days dying en-route to New Delhi for medical attention. He was awarded the Ashok Chakra posthumously.
Courtesy: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=18419821
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Captain Ashok Jasrotia
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