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Rajnath visits injured J&K Police DIG at AIIMS

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IANS New Delhi

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday visited the AIIMS trauma centre here to inquire about the health of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Amit Kumar, who was injured in a counter-terrorist operation in Pulwama.

Singh later tweeted, "Officers like him lift the morale of the forces with their action. I salute his courage and the bravery exhibited by his team."

Kumar, a 2006 batch IPS officer, posted as DIG South Kashmir in Anantnag district, was hit by a bullet during an operation in which three terrorists were killed on February 18.

--IANS

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First Published: Feb 24 2019 | 3:54 PM IST

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