Thousands of people on Tuesday bade an emotional adieu to four martyred soldiers from Maharashtra who were killed in Sunday's terrorist attack on an Army camp at Uri in Jammu & Kashmir, at funerals held in their respective villages in the State, with full military honours.
The mortal remains of four martyred soldiers — Sepoy Vikas Janardhan Kudmethe (Purad village in YavatmalIJ), Sepoy Sandeep Somnath Thok, (Khadangali village in Nashik district), lance Naik Shankar Galande, (Jashi village in Satara) and Sepoy Punjab Janrao Uike (Nandgaon-Khandeshwar in Amravati) --- had been brought back to their villages from the Valley state on Monday night.
The corteges—carrying the bodies of four soldiers were taken in solemn processions to their respective homes. Their last rites were performed amid chants of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. The mourners also hailed the departed soldiers with chants like ‘Vikas Kudmethe amar rahe,’ ‘Punjab Uike amar rahe’, ‘Shankar Galande amar rahe’ and ‘Sandeep Thok amar rahe’.