New Delhi: A Garud commando who was shot at by Pakistani terrorists at least six times continued to fight on valiantly at the Pathankot airbase, keeping the operation going on for another hour and thus managing to secure the airbase, news reports said. Identified as Sailesh Gaur, the Garud commando was deployed along with 11 others outside the Mechanical Transport Wing of the base in order to kill the terrorists. Sailesh was hit — more than half a dozen
bullets in his lower abdomen. Bleeding profusely, he didn’t abandon his post, and was rescued an hour later. He
managed to prevent the terrorists from moving to the technical area, where the IAF’s fighter jets were kept. Sailesh (24) is now battling for life at hospital.
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