Army pays tributes to 10 soldiers killed in Jammu
A wreath-laying ceremony was organised in Jammu to pay tributes to 10 soldiers who lost their lives in a road accident along the Bhaderwah-Chamba inter-state road in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
The ceremony was led by General Officer Commanding of White Knight Corps Lieutenant General PK Mishra and was attended by the Army, Indian Air Force (IAF), BSF, CRPF, police and civil administration officers at the technical airport.
They said wreaths were also laid at the mortal remains of the soldiers on behalf of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.
Inspector General of Police, Jammu zone, Bhim Sen Tuti and Inspector General of CRPF, Jammu, R Gopal Krishna Rao also laid wreaths at the tricolour-draped coffins of the soldiers.
The mortal remains of the fallen soldiers - Monu of Bulandshehar-Hindom, Jobanjeet Singh (Roopnagar-Ambala), Mohit (Jhajjhar-Hindam), Shailendra Singh Bhadoriya (Morar-Gwalior), Samiran Singh (Jhargram-Kalaikonda), Pradumna Lohar (Purulia—Ranchi), Sudhir Narwal (Yamunagar — Ambala), Hare Ram Kumar (Bhojpur-Bihta), Ajay Lakra (Ranchi) and RinkhilBaliyan (Hapur-Hindom) were dispatched to their hometowns for last rites, the officials said.
An armoured vehicle of the Army carrying troops for an anti-terror operation plunged into a deep gorge at the 9,000-foot-high Khanni top along the Bhaderwah-Chamba inter-state road on Thursday, resulting in the death of 10 soldiers and injuries to 11 others.
