Raj Kumar Thappa, 55, the Further District Growth Commissioner, Rajouri, who was killed within the artillery shelling by Pakistan early morning Saturday was a 2001-batch officer of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Providers.
A popular and widespread officer, he was very lively on the bottom and recognized to be the principle face of the Rajouri district administration in any emergency.
Thappa, who was a 1989-batch graduate of MBBS from Authorities Medical School, Jammu, was wounded critically after he was hit by splinters, following a shell hanging the window of his home.
Sources stated his household is predicated in Delhi.
Expressing his shock at Thappa’s dying, J&Okay Chief Minister Omar Abdullah posted on X: “Devastating information from Rajouri. We’ve misplaced a devoted officer of the J&Okay Administration Providers. Simply yesterday he was accompanying the Deputy CM across the district & attended the net assembly I chaired… I’ve no phrases to specific my shock & disappointment at this horrible lack of life. Could his soul relaxation in peace.”
Locals keep in mind that Thappa was the primary to achieve Badhaal to take inventory of the scenario following mysterious deaths of civilians within the city, with 17 dying between December 7, 2024, and January 19 this 12 months.
The put up of ADDC was created to have a devoted officer within the district administration particularly to care for improvement works initiated by the federal government. Typically ADDCs do not need a lot public dealing, however Thappa, officers stated, was very lively and well-connected with the individuals of Rajouri.
After accompanying J&Okay Deputy CM Surinder Choudhary throughout his tour of border areas of Rajouri district on Friday, he had attended through video-conferencing a gathering chaired by Abdullah, giving a briefing on the scenario within the district and measures taken, together with for evacuating individuals from susceptible border areas and preparations for his or her keep at safer locations.
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