A senior officer of the Indian army has been killed in fighting with separatist rebels in India's north-eastern state of Assam, the military said.
Captain S Choudhury died when he and his soldiers attacked a base belonging to the separatist group, the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa).
He had won a top national gallantry award on Saturday, when the country's Republic Day was celebrated.
Two rebels were also killed in the fighting on Sunday.
The clashes took place in the Mesaki reserve forest in the state's northern Doomdooma region.
Military officials said Captain Choudhury, commanding a company of Gurkha troops, attacked a base of the Ulfa in the forests.
He died while leading a charge, they said.
Two rebels were killed in the fighting. The rest of the rebels managed to flee into the jungle.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7212490.stm
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