The 30-year-old soldier, who is survived by his wife and a five-year-old-son, killed two infiltrators at close range before succumbing to his injuries.
"An infiltration bid has been foiled along the LoC in Kasturi Naar in Baramulla," Srinagar based defence spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said.
Army major, three soldiers killed in Gurez, north Kashmir, while foiling infiltration bid, officials said.
The security forces on Sunday gunned down four terrorists during an infiltration bid in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district. The terrorists were trying to enter India from Pakistan from Keran sector.
Three militants were killed in the ensuing gunfight, an officer said, adding search operations were on in the area.
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