Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has strongly condemned the terror attack in Chandel district of Manipur on Thursday morning in which 20 armymen of 6 Dogra Regiment were killed and 11 others got injured. Virbhadra said that few anti-social elements working against the interests of the nation were not going to achieve their ulterior motives by such cowardly acts and neither the country was going to succumb in front of disruptive forces.
He conveyed his deepest condolences to the families of the soldiers who lost their lives. He said that the people of the state were with the grief-stricken families. The Chief Minister directed the administration to make available the detailed information of the martyrs and provide all possible assistance to their families.
SIX HIMACHAlI SOlDIERS lOST THEIR lIVES: As per the information gathered from Subedar Major Arjun Singh of 6 Dogra Regiment, six armymen who lost their lives belonged to Himachal Pradesh.
They are Havladar Prakash Chand from Savain village, Tehsil Jogindernagar, Mandi district; Havladar Rajesh Kumar, Hirapur village, Tehsil Ghumarwin, Bilaspur district; Naib Ashok Kumar, Raskana village, Tehsil Sangrah, Sirmaur district; Sepoy Manoj Kumar, Masran village, Tehsil Padhar, Mandi district; Sepoy Vikas Bhardwaj, Pont village, Tehsil ladbhadol, Mandi district; and Sepoy Sohan Singh, Manpur Deora village, Tehsil Paonta Sahib, Sirmaur district.