History :

"On June 18 militants had engineered an IED blast on the Srinagar-Kargil highway and Capt Guleria had responded spontaneously by forming a rescue team and evacuated the injured civilians and soldiers. They were sent to a nearby helipad to be taken to the hospital. When he was about to return to base, a second blast took place and Capt Guleria was hit by a barrage of shrapnel. After administering first aid, he was taken to the base hospital at Srinagar. But the 30-year-old officer succumbed to his injuries on his way to the hospital. He is married to Poonam and has a son Dhruv who was born in 1998."