Beheading of Bhausaheb Maruti Talekar

The beheading of Bhausaheb Maruti Talekar by a group of Islamist militants led by Ilyas Kashmiri of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami occurred in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on 27 February 2000.

Talekar was an Indian army personnel on guard duty at the Ashok Listening Post.

All seven soldiers on duty from the 17 Maratha Light Infantry battalion were killed by the militants. Talekar was beheaded, and his head was carried across the line of control to Pakistan.

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