Major Anuj Rajput was among the two brave pilots who died after an Army helicopter forcibly landed at Shiv Garh Dhar in Patnitop area along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district on Tuesday.
Aspiring to enter the Indian Defense Services since childhood, Major Anuj joined the prestigious NDA Academy soon after completing class XII at the age of 18.
Born on 18 September 1993, Anuj had turned 28 a few days back. She got engaged on 23 July.
Anuj’s father KS Arya is a lawyer by profession and his mother Sushila Singh is a teacher in a government school in Panchkula. Anuj was an only child.
Anuj had been posted at Udhampur location for 17 months and was promoted about a month back.
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