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Mustering courage and showing alertness amid the encounter between the security forces and militants at the Ban toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, an ex-serviceman, Kewal Sharma, on Friday helped security capture one of the suspects who were allegedly involved in ferrying militants to Kashmir in a truck.

Sharma, who is working in a private security agency in one of Nandani tunnels, showed a great presence of mind while engaging the suspect.

“I came to know about the terror attack at around 5.40 am at the Ban toll plaza and alerted other security persons in the tunnel about this. Within a few minutes, a man was seen walking under suspicious circumstances. When I stopped him, he started inquiring about the route to Kashmir and Udhampur. I misled him and engaged him in talk by offering him water and tea.”