Though he was not required to attend the call (he was asked by the commanding officer to alert the officers and the soldiers on duty at the barracks to move to the railway station) Triveni requested to be allowed to lead the Quick Reaction Team to tackle the terrorists.

[2] Lt. Triveni Singh killed two heavily armed militants at the Jammu railway station on 2 January 2004, and saved hundreds of passengers at the platform before he succumbed to his injuries.

Singh knew that the hidden militant was equipped with lethal weapons and could kill over 300 passengers who had taken refuge in the parcel room only a short distance away.

[6] Hailing from Pathankot, Punjab and born on 1 February 1978, at Namkum, now in Jharkhand, Triveni Singh, a Dogra, was not an aggressive child and never used to react to provocations.

His parents recall that they decided to train Singh, their only son, in martial arts and bodybuilding when he turned 15.