काश्मीरमधील बांदीपोरात दहशतवाद्यांशी झालेल्या
चकमकीत धुळे जिल्ह्यातील साक्री येथे राहणाऱ्या मिलिंद किशोर खैरनार हा जवान शहीद
झाला. सार्जंट मिलिंद किशोर खैरनार हा हवाई दलाच्या 'गरुड' कमांडो
पथकात होता. बांदीपोराच्या हाजिन भागात पहाटे पाचच्या सुमारास ही चकमक झाली.
धुळे जिल्ह्यातील साक्री येथे राहणाऱ्या मिलिंद
किशोर खैरनार हा मुळचा नंदुरबार जिल्ह्यातील आहे. मात्र, त्याचे वडील
किशोर खैरनार हे साक्री येथे एमएसईबीत नोकरीला होते. त्यामुळे किशोर हा
जन्मापासूनच साक्रीत राहिला. इथूनच तो देश सेवेसाठी सैन्यात दाखल झाला. वडिलांच्या
निवृत्तीनंतर त्याचे कुटुंब सध्या नाशिकमध्ये राहत आहे. त्याचा मोठा भाऊ हा मुंबई
पोलीस दलात कार्यरत आहे. त्याच्या मृत्यूने संपूर्ण साक्री शहरासह धुळे जिल्ह्यात
मोठी हळहळ व्यक्त होत आहे.Martyred IAF commandos were part of first batch of 'Garud'
personnel to be attached to Army
The two IAF commandos, who laid down their lives
in the gunfight during a cordon-and-search operation at Hajin village
(Bandipora) in Kashmir early on Wednesday morning, were part of the first batch
of Garud personnel to be attached to the Army for counter-terrorism training
after the attack on the Pathankot airbase in January 2016.
Sergeant Khairnar Milind Kishor (33) and Corporal Nilesh
Kumar Nayan (31) were among the 28 Garud commandos, including two officers, who
had first undertaken a two-week pre-induction training in August. "They
were now undergoing the five-and-a-half months of 'live situational training'
with the Rashtriya Rifles, which is the Army's specialized counter-terrorism force
in J&K," said an officer.
The Garud Commando Force, tasked with protection of critical
assets like airbases, fighters and transport aircraft, radars and missiles as
well as special operations, was set up in 2004 after terror attacks on two
major airbases in J&K. The Army and Navy, of course, have had their
Para-Special Forces and Marcos (marine commandos) for long.
As earlier reported by TOI, inquiries into the terror attack
on the Pathankot airbase had pinpointed several command and control failures as
well as security lapses.
The security lapses ranged from failure to follow basic
standard operating procedures and plug "vulnerable perimeter gaps" to
inadequate flood-lighting and the inability of the IAF Guard commandos to
initially pin down and isolate the attackers, who had gained entry into the
airbase by using branches of trees adjacent to the outer main wall.
The terrorists, fortunately, could not manage to penetrate
the critical "technical area" of the airbase, where the fighters,
missile units and radars were located, and were eventually neutralized in the
"domestic area" by the NSG commandos.
All this had led to the decision for the Garud commandos to
undergo "battle-inoculation" and "live situational
training" with the Rashtriya Rifles. The IAF is also in the process of raising
12 additional "flights" of Garuds to supplement the existing 15
"flights" of around 1,000 commandos
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