India, May 10 -- A 36-year-old jawan, Surendra Kumar, who had been working as an assistant medical sergeant for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at the Udhampur airbase in Jammu and Kashmir, was killed during an airstrike launched by Pakistan early on Saturday, said officials.

He is a native of Mandawa in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu.

Jhunjhunu district collector, Ramavatar Meena, said, "Surendra Kumar Moga had been posted at the 39th wing of the IAF at the Udhampur airbase. He was killed during a Pakistani attack on Saturday wee hours at the airbase. Upon receiving the information in the morning, the district police superintendent Sharad Chaudhary and I visited his family and informed them about the news."

Kumar had been working with the armed for...