After Operation Sindoor, IAF man on way home falls off train, dies
PATNA: A 27-year-old IAF jawan, Kunal Kumar, from Bihar's Khagaria district, was called back to work on May 11 - within days of his marriage - amid Operation Sindoor. With tension easing, Kumar was granted leave last week.
His happiness, though, was shortlived as he fell while trying to get off Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express as it slowed at Gauchhari station, and died on the spot on Thursday.
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