Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday rushed to Srinagar to take stock of the situation after four suspected Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists attacked battalion headquarters in Uri leaving 17 jawans dead and 23 others injured. The Minister also visited the injured jawans at the hospital.
He was briefed here by Army officials about the terror attack and the counter-operation in which the terrorists were neutralised. Condemning the terror attack, Parrikar said the supreme sacrifice of 17 brave soldiers will not go in vain.
An Army official said, “Parrikar arrived at the Chinar Corps Headquarters of the Army at Badami Bagh in the evening where senior army officials briefed him.”
The Defence Minister also visited the 92 Base Hospital of the army where he was briefed about the condition of the injured soldiers who were undergoing treatment there.
Four terrorists, believed to have infiltrated from across the loC, targeted the army base camp in the wee hours in one of the deadliest attacks on the security establishment in recent times.