Poonch, July 26 -- On the occasion of the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas, Kargil War hero and retired Havaldar Kamal Deen of the 18 Jak Rifles Regiment of the Indian Army recalled his experience during the 1999 Kargil War.

Recalling an encounter with infiltrators on Sunday, Kamal Deen said, "Three of our men were slightly injured, while we managed to kill two or three of theirs. The militants were trying to flee; the infiltrators were dressed in civilian clothes, wearing kurtas, and had discarded their guns, attempting to escape along a canal."

"We chased them down and killed them. Later, with the help of the Air Force and other support, they were eliminated. We killed ten or twelve of them right there," he told ANI.

Recalling the injuries he...