The mortal remains of all the five soldiers who lost their lives in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch were brought to their native villages on Saturday. An Army vehicle moving between Bhimber Gali and Poonch in the Rajouri sector was fired upon by unidentified terrorists on Thursday, the Army had earlier said. The vehicle caught fire, due to the likely use of grenades by terrorists, the army statement added.
Odisha Minister Ashok Chandra Panda, BJP leader Sambit Patra and others paid tribute to Lance Naik Debashish Baswal and laid a wreath.
Wife of Lance Naik Debashish Baswal, Sangeeta Baswal laid a wreath on his mortal remains, at Bhubaneswar airport.
The mortal remains of Lance Naik Kulwant Singh were brought to his native village in Chadik village in Punjab’s Moga, he met a heroic end like his father who lost his life in the Kargil conflict in 1999. People gathered to pay tribute to the soldier.
The mortal remains of slain soldier Sepoy Sewak Singh were brought to his native village in Bathinda’s Talwandi Sabo sub-division.
Mortal remains of Sepoy Harkrishan Singh were brought to his native village in Gurdaspur.
Havildar Mandeep Singh’s mortal remains were brought to his native village in Chankoian Kalan of Ludhiana district.
