Rescue Jaffna University Helidrop
with commandos still holding out, plans put in place @ 54 division extricate them. lt. col. dalbir singh, leading relief force of 10 para co, along 3 t-72 tanks 65 armoured regiment, mobillised rescue holed-up commandos. however, tigers had laid ied minefield on approach roads, through 10 paras not proceed. 10 paras considered abandoning rescue attempt in order avoid nightmare.
it @ point commander of tank troop, major anil kaul, devised alternate route. kaul aware railway tracks of palaly-jaffna rail line passed behind jaffna university. kaul took decision drive tanks on rail tracks. however, tanks fought way in, passing through narrow lanes, rpg fire hit tank in turret. explosion sprayed splinters on eye , arm , severed wedding ring finger. put on morphine men. kaul live fight day. 4/5 gorkhas , ground detachment of 13 sikh li had linked time. besieged paracommandos extricated. eighteen hours since beleaugured para commando company first landed @ university grounds.
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