The Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Former Army o„cer working with the UN killed in Rafah attack
Former Army ocer Colonel Waibhav Anil Kale, who was working with the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS), was killed and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, accompanied by National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders, Chief Ministers of various NDA-ruled States, and Union Ministers, ¢led his nomination papers to contest the Lok Sabha election from Varanasi.
“My relationship with another sta member injured when their vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital in Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, on Monday.
This makes it the ¢rst international casualty for the my Kashi is amazing, inseparable and incomparable... all I can say is that it cannot be expressed in words!” Mr. Modi, contesting from the seat for the third time, posted on X before ¢ling his nomination.
Among the four proposers of Mr. Modi’s nomination were Pandit Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid, who decided the muhurat or auspicious time for the world body since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas con§ict on October 7, 2023.
Colonel Kale had joined the UNDSS as a security coordination ocer about ¢ve to six weeks ago, ocials said. Ocials in the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and also the groundbreaking ceremony for the temple.
Baijnath Patel, a longtime RSS functionary, and Lalchand Kushwaha and Sanjay Sonkar, both associated with the BJP, were the other proposers. know said the incident was being investigated and there was no conclusive information yet on who ¢red at the UN vehicle which was clearly marked.